republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-739.md

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Bill	An act relating to prohibiting the use and sale of the herbicide paraquat	An act relating to prohibiting the use and sale of the herbicide paraquat	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	H 739	Vermont H 739 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Esme Cole	9	39	0	2026-01-21	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/ff6e9e3b-56d9-45ba-8114-dfa334506f59	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/2021	755a69c3a96e914d999c3dc7b4ba702c61b04bbd52211b95cba098de7c8bb9e4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont H 739 (2025-2026) — An act relating to prohibiting the use and sale of the herbicide paraquat

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act Summary (committee substitute) — source
3. As Enacted (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed By the House (Official) (committee substitute) — source
5. As Passed By the House (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source
6. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official) (committee substitute) — source
7. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official) (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Esme Cole — primary (person)
• Angela Arsenault — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
• Chloe Tomlinson — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Morrow — cosponsor (person)
• Daisy Berbeco — cosponsor (person)
• Ela Chapin — cosponsor (person)
• Emilie Krasnow — cosponsor (person)
• James Masland — cosponsor (person)
• John O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
• Jubilee McGill — cosponsor (person)
• Kate McCann — cosponsor (person)
• Lucy Boyden — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Mrowicki — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Bos-Lun — cosponsor (person)
• Monique Priestley — cosponsor (person)
• Zon Eastes — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-21 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry introduction
• 2026-03-17 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-03-18 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-03-19 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-03-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-19 Rep. O'Brien of Tunbridge reported for the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
• 2026-03-19 Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry agreed to
• 2026-03-19 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2026-03-20 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-03-20 Read third time and passed reading-3
• 2026-03-25 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Agriculture introduction
• 2026-04-30 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-04-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-04-30 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-30 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
• 2026-05-01 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-01 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-05-01 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-01 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-05-05 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-05-05 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-05 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-05-06 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-05-06 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-06 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-05-06 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Major for Committee on Agriculture amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2026-05-06 Reported favorably by Senator Norris for Committee on Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-06 Proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture agreed to amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-06 3rd reading ordered
• 2026-05-07 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-05-07 Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2026-05-08 Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-12 Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-13 Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-13 Senate proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-15 House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-20 Delivered to the Governor on May 20, 2026 passage
• 2026-05-26 Signed by Governor on May 26, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 House message: Governor approved bill on May 26, 2026

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff6e9e3b-56d9-45ba-8114-dfa334506f59. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).