republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/s-27.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to medical debt relief and excluding medical debt from credit reports"
description: "An act relating to medical debt relief and excluding medical debt from credit reports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 27"
citation: "Vermont S 27 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Virginia Lyons"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 58
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0ecb2cb-d653-4a57-a68a-99a8cfbcb979"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/251"
source_hash: "590812027edf9cfb853937e048db6a1f9cf192e60f227fdabcb4b5139e347926"
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 S 27 (2025-2026) — An act relating to medical debt relief and excluding medical debt from credit reports

## 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/S-0027/S-0027%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT021/ACT021%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT021/ACT021%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0027/S-0027%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0027/S-0027%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0027/S-0027%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/S-0027/S-0027%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **House Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0027/S-0027%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0027/S-0027%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Virginia Lyons — primary (person)
- Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
- Ann Cummings — cosponsor (person)
- Anne Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Collamore — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Major — cosponsor (person)
- Kesha Ram Hinsdale — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Hashim — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Baruth — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Westman — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Norris — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Plunkett — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Seth Bongartz — cosponsor (person)
- Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Chittenden — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy Harrison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2025-01-31** Committee on Judiciary relieved; bill committed to Committee on Health and Welfare on motion of Senator Hashim
- **2025-03-11** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-03-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-11** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-03-18** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-18** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Cummings for Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2025-03-19** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-03-20** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
- **2025-04-04** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-04-04** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-04-11** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-04-15** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-04-15** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-04-17** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-04-18** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-04-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-18** Rep. Page of Newport City reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2025-04-18** Rep. Nigro of Bennington recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2025-04-18** Rep. Feltus of Lyndon recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2025-04-18** Rep. Black of Essex, Berbeco of Winooski, Cina of Burlington, Cordes of Bristol, Critchlow of Colchester, Demar of Enosburgh, Goldman of Rockingham, Houghton of Essex Junction, McFaun of Barre Town, Page of Newport City, and Powers of Waterford moved to amend the report of the Committee on Health Care, which was agreed to
- **2025-04-18** Rep. Donahue of Northfield and Black of Essex moved to amend the report of the Committee on Health Care, as amended, which was agreed to
- **2025-04-18** Report of Committee on Health Care, as amended, agreed to
- **2025-04-18** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2025-04-24** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-04-24** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-25** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-25** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-25** Consideration postponed without objection
- **2025-04-29** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-29** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons and Perchlik `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-29** Pending question: Shall the Senate concur in the House proposal of amendment?? `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-29** Consideration resumed
- **2025-04-29** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-29** House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment as moved by Senator(s) Lyons and Perchlik `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-30** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment thereto `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-01** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment to House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment to House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-06** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-06** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Delivered to Governor on May 9, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-16** Signed by Governor on May 15, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16** Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 15, 2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0ecb2cb-d653-4a57-a68a-99a8cfbcb979`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).