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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 323"
citation: "Vermont S 323 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 66
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05bfe55d-32f3-41fc-a3d7-1b847fd4518b"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1888"
source_hash: "35beb7b23602b6a37e040208d54f75c907bd94c6a7a0201dab1e90eae87c8378"
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 323 (2025-2026) — An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural 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/S-0323/S-0323%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT178/ACT178%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0323/S-0323%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0323/S-0323%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
5. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0323/S-0323%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0323/S-0323%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
7. **House Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0323/S-0323%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
8. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0323/S-0323%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Senate Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-29** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48 `introduction`
- **2026-01-30** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-01-30** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-01-30** Committed to Committee on Agriculture on motion of Senator Ingalls
- **2026-03-17** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-03-17** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-17** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-03-20** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-03-20** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-03-24** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-03-24** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-24** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-24** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-24** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-25** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-25** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-25** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25** Reported favorably by Senator Ingalls for Committee on Agriculture with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Reported favorably by Senator Beck for Committee on Finance with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Reported favorably by Senator Watson for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Recommendation of amendment of the Committee on Finance divided on request of Sen. Beck, First and Second instances taken together, Third instance taken separately
- **2026-03-25** First division of amendment agreed to.
- **2026-03-25** Second division of amendment agreed to.
- **2026-03-25** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture amended as recommended by Committee on Finance
- **2026-03-25** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
- **2026-03-25** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture, as amended, agreed to
- **2026-03-25** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-03-26** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-26** Pending third reading, motion to amend bill offered by Senator(s) Vyhovsky `reading-3`
- **2026-03-26** Senator Vyhovsky requested & granted leave to withdraw amendment
- **2026-03-26** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry `introduction`
- **2026-05-08** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-05-08** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2026-05-13** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-05-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2026-05-22** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-05-22** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2026-05-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-22** Rep. Nelson of Derby reported for the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- **2026-05-22** Rep. Kimbell of Woodstock recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2026-05-22** Rep. Stevens of Waterbury recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2026-05-22** Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry amended as recommended by Committee on Ways and Means
- **2026-05-22** Report of the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry, as amended, amended as recommended by the Committee on Appropriations
- **2026-05-22** Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry, as amended, agreed to
- **2026-05-22** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-05-22** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2026-05-22** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-05-22** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2026-05-26** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2026-05-27** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-27** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-28** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-28** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-28** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-28** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2026-05-28** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05bfe55d-32f3-41fc-a3d7-1b847fd4518b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).