republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/s-223.md

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Bill	An act relating to water quality of the waters of Vermont	An act relating to water quality of the waters of Vermont	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	S 223	Vermont S 223 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Seth Bongartz	8	68	0	2026-01-08	2026-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/8a275b90-b901-4aa2-8fd2-da667033ea63	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1319	f43a32243a57a30fe603fdcc16e4fc0de459aa4939679e240c4bdb9f637c9034	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 223 (2025-2026) — An act relating to water quality of the waters of Vermont

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

• Seth Bongartz — primary (person)
• Anne Watson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-08 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy introduction
• 2026-02-25 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-02-25 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-02-25 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy committee-passage
• 2026-02-25 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
• 2026-03-10 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-03-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-10 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy committee-passage
• 2026-03-10 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-03-11 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-11 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy committee-passage
• 2026-03-11 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-03-11 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Bongartz for Committee on Natural Resources and Energy committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2026-03-11 Reported favorably by Senator Watson for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-11 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
• 2026-03-11 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, as amended, agreed to
• 2026-03-11 3rd reading ordered
• 2026-03-12 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Read 3rd time & passed reading-3
• 2026-03-17 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Environment introduction
• 2026-04-24 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-04-24 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
• 2026-04-29 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-04-30 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-04-30 Rep. Sheldon of Middlebury moved to postpone action until May 5, 2026, which was agreed to
• 2026-05-01 Action Calendar: Action postponed until May 5, 2026
• 2026-05-05 Action Calendar: Action postponed until May 5, 2026
• 2026-05-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-05 Rep. Hoyt of Hartford reported for the Committee on Environment
• 2026-05-05 Rep. Squirrell of Underhill recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
• 2026-05-05 Report of Committee on Environment amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
• 2026-05-05 Rep. Page of Newport City moved to amend the report of the Committee on Environment, as amended, which was agreed to
• 2026-05-05 Rep. Page of Newport City moved to amend the report of the Committee on Environment, as amended
• 2026-05-05 Rep. Page of Newport City asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
• 2026-05-05 Report of Committee on Environment, as amended, agreed to
• 2026-05-05 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2026-05-06 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-05-06 Rep. Hoyt of Hartford moved to amend the House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-06 Rep. Hoyt of Hartford asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
• 2026-05-06 Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2026-05-08 House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2026-05-08 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-08 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-12 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-13 Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-13 House proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-13 House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Watson amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-13 Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Watson, Bongartz, and Williams
• 2026-05-13 Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth passage
• 2026-05-13 Senate Message: Committee of Conference members appointed
• 2026-05-13 Speaker appointed Reps. Sheldon of Middlebury, Labor of Morgan, and Satcowitz of Randolph as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
• 2026-05-14 House message: House appointed Conference Committee members
• 2026-05-21 Notice Calendar: Report of Committee of Conference
• 2026-05-21 Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2026-05-21 Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) passage
• 2026-05-21 Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2026-05-22 House message: House adopted Conference Committee report
• 2026-05-22 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-22 Committee of Conference report
• 2026-05-26 Committee of Conference report
• 2026-05-26 Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Bongartz for Committee, text
• 2026-05-26 Committee of Conference report adopted
• 2026-05-26 Senate Message: Report of Committee of Conference adopted
• 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
• 2026-05-29 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/8a275b90-b901-4aa2-8fd2-da667033ea63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).