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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to military affairs"
description: "An act relating to military affairs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 917"
citation: "Vermont H 917 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-26"
last_action: "2026-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9defdf0-586f-44e5-9f63-b9e503bfa06b"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/2230"
source_hash: "b8463b5c3c424d1666c755b65d94dec91b07b6458e844f61d9aeb0c36a95becc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-vt"]
---
# Vermont H 917 (2025-2026) — An act relating to military affairs
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0917/H-0917%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT088/ACT088%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT088/ACT088%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0917/H-0917%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0917/H-0917%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0917/H-0917%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
7. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0917/H-0917%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-26** Committee bill read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a) `introduction`
- **2026-03-13** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2026-03-17** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2026-03-17** Rep. Waters Evans of Charlotte moved to postpone action until March 18, 2026, which was agreed to
- **2026-03-18** Action Calendar: Action postponed until March 18, 2026
- **2026-03-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18** Rep. Stone of Burlington spoke for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2026-03-18** Rep. Page of Newport City recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2026-03-18** Rep. Stone of Burlington, Birong of Vergennes, Boyden of Cambridge, Coffin of Cavendish, Hango of Berkshire, Morgan, M. of Milton, Nugent of South Burlington, Pinsonault of Dorset, and Waters Evans of Charlotte moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-24** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2026-04-14** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-14** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-15** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-15** Reported favorably by Senator White for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-04-16** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-16** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2026-04-17** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Delivered to the Governor on April 21, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-04-28** Signed by Governor on April 27, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-29** House message: Governor approved bill on April 27, 2026
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9defdf0-586f-44e5-9f63-b9e503bfa06b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).