republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/s-278.md

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Bill	An act relating to cannabis	An act relating to cannabis	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	S 278	Vermont S 278 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Kesha Ram Hinsdale	8	77	0	2026-01-21	2026-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/601ba779-3470-4c62-ad41-2a593ac761d1	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1907	44fbfd8bba20690033cdc938abc56e80b6856fe76d1a9f1a16c71e49fe4fc54f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 278 (2025-2026) — An act relating to cannabis

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

• Kesha Ram Hinsdale — primary (person)
• Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
• Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
• Richard Westman — cosponsor (person)
• Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-21 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs 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 Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee-passage
• 2026-03-17 Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
• 2026-03-19 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-03-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-19 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee-passage
• 2026-03-19 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-19 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 Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee-passage
• 2026-03-20 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-20 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment 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 Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee-passage
• 2026-03-24 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-24 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-03-25 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-25 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee-passage
• 2026-03-25 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-25 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-03-25 Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Clarkson
• 2026-03-26 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-26 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee-passage
• 2026-03-26 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-26 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-03-26 Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Clarkson
• 2026-03-26 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Ram Hinsdale for Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2026-03-26 Reported favorably by Senator Chittenden for Committee on Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-26 Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-26 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
• 2026-03-26 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs amended as moved by Senator Clarkson, Brock, Chittenden, Ram Hinsdale, and Weeks
• 2026-03-26 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs, as amended, agreed to
• 2026-03-26 3rd reading ordered
• 2026-03-27 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-03-27 Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Chittenden
• 2026-03-27 Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Chittenden reading-3
• 2026-03-27 Pending third reading, motion to amend bill offered by Senator(s) Vyhovsky reading-3
• 2026-03-27 Consideration postponed to later in the legislative day
• 2026-03-27 Consideration resumed
• 2026-03-27 Senator Vyhovsky requested & granted leave to withdraw amendment
• 2026-03-27 Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Vyhovsky reading-3
• 2026-03-27 Read 3rd time & passed reading-3
• 2026-04-01 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs introduction
• 2026-05-13 Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
• 2026-05-18 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-05-19 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-05-19 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
• 2026-05-22 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-05-26 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-05-27 Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
• 2026-05-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-27 Rep. Boyden of Cambridge reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
• 2026-05-27 Rep. Waszazak of Barre City recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
• 2026-05-27 Rep. Nigro of Bennington recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
• 2026-05-27 Rep. Birong of Vergennes moved to amend the report of the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs, which was agreed to
• 2026-05-27 Rep. Nugent of South Burlington moved to amend the report of the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs, as amended, which was agreed to
• 2026-05-27 Rep. Tagliavia of Corinth and Boyden of Cambridge moved to amend the report of the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs, as amended, which was agreed to
• 2026-05-27 Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs, as amended, agreed to
• 2026-05-27 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2026-05-27 Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2026-05-27 Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2026-05-27 Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2026-05-27 House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2026-05-28 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-28 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-28 Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
• 2026-05-28 House proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-28 House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-28 Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth passage
• 2026-05-28 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2026-05-28 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/601ba779-3470-4c62-ad41-2a593ac761d1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).