republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-932.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the regulation of forestry under Act 250"
description: "An act relating to the regulation of forestry under Act 250"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 932"
citation: "Vermont H 932 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-03-13"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79524428-db4d-47cb-93ad-57b8d0a2dfd8"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/2211"
source_hash: "eedaf1e2d7c66f4a5f467ca7061d43daed91044cdeaf1da176f60989ffec8506"
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 932 (2025-2026) — An act relating to the regulation of forestry under Act 250

## 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-0932/H-0932%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT161/ACT161%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0932/H-0932%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0932/H-0932%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
5. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0932/H-0932%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0932/H-0932%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
7. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0932/H-0932%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0932/H-0932%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-13** Committee bill read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a) `introduction`
- **2026-03-19** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2026-03-20** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2026-03-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20** Rep. Lipsky of Stowe spoke for the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- **2026-03-20** Rep. Kimbell of Woodstock recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-03-24** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-24** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-26** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `introduction`
- **2026-05-05** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-05** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-05** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-05-15** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-15** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-15** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-19** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-19** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-19** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-20** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-20** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-20** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-20** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Hardy for Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-05-20** Reported favorably by Senator Hardy for Committee on Finance with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-20** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-20** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-20** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-05-21** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-21** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-05-21** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2026-05-21** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-22** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-22** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2026-05-22** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-27** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-29** Delivered to the Governor on June 11, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 17, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on June 17, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79524428-db4d-47cb-93ad-57b8d0a2dfd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).