republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-940.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous public utility subjects"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous public utility subjects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 940"
citation: "Vermont H 940 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-03-17"
last_action: "2026-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d376b42-7329-445c-8280-b7b5c310bc1a"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/2197"
source_hash: "619b6e8e3a8a21f7444b51d3c68f39f7c84b505d65025e2004fa40a9b41766de"
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 940 (2025-2026) — An act relating to miscellaneous public utility subjects

## 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-0940/H-0940%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT097/ACT097%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT097/ACT097%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0940/H-0940%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-0940/H-0940%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-0940/H-0940%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-0940/H-0940%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-17** Committee bill read first time and referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a) `introduction`
- **2026-03-18** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2026-03-19** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2026-03-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-19** Rep. James of Manchester spoke for the Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure
- **2026-03-19** Rep. Kascenska of Burke recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **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 Finance `introduction`
- **2026-04-14** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-14** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-14** Committed to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy with report of Committee on Finance intact, under suspension of Senate Rule 49, on motion of Senator Cummings
- **2026-04-21** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-21** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-21** Favorable report by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-04-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-23** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-23** Favorable report by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-23** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-24** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-24** Favorable report by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-24** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-04-24** Reported favorably by Senator Beck for Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-24** Reported favorably by Senator Cummings for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-24** Reported favorably by Senator Watson for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-24** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-04-28** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-29** Unfinished Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-29** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2026-04-30** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Delivered to the Governor on May 7, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-05-13** Signed by Governor on May 13, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-14** House message: Governor approved bill on May 13, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d376b42-7329-445c-8280-b7b5c310bc1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).