republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/s-197.md

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Bill	An act relating to reform for primary care	An act relating to reform for primary care	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	S 197	Vermont S 197 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Virginia Lyons	8	46	0	2026-01-06	2026-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/33339469-44c7-43ce-b5b8-c2577b751663	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1412	a46d1674bcb2538fe412e432471eb6fe58bd7f9e0551b1200c3d326eece21f0b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 197 (2025-2026) — An act relating to reform for primary care

Version chain

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

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

Sponsors

• Virginia Lyons — primary (person)
• Ann Cummings — cosponsor (person)
• Anne Watson — cosponsor (person)
• Kesha Ram Hinsdale — cosponsor (person)
• Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
• Seth Bongartz — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy Harrison — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-06 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare introduction
• 2026-03-17 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-03-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-17 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare committee-passage
• 2026-03-17 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
• 2026-03-20 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-03-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-20 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare committee-passage
• 2026-03-20 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-24 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare committee-passage
• 2026-03-24 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-03-24 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2026-03-24 Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-24 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
• 2026-03-24 3rd reading ordered
• 2026-03-25 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-03-25 Read 3rd time & passed reading-3
• 2026-03-27 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care introduction
• 2026-05-18 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-05-19 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-05-19 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
• 2026-05-19 Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
• 2026-05-20 Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration, pending entry on Notice Calendar, as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2026-05-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-20 Rep. Goldman of Rockingham reported for the Committee on Health Care
• 2026-05-20 Rep. Holcombe of Norwich recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
• 2026-05-20 Rep. Yacovone of Morristown recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
• 2026-05-20 Rep. Kornheiser of Brattleboro and Kimbell of Woodstock moved to amend the report of the Committee on Health Care, which was agreed to
• 2026-05-20 Report of Committee on Health Care, as amended, agreed to
• 2026-05-20 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2026-05-20 Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2026-05-20 Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2026-05-20 Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2026-05-21 House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2026-05-22 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-22 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-26 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-26 House proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-26 House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-26 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2026-05-26 Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth passage
• 2026-05-26 Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-29 Delivered to Governor on June 12, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-05-29 Signed by Governor on June 18, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-05-29 Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 18, 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33339469-44c7-43ce-b5b8-c2577b751663. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).