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type: "Bill"
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title: "An act relating to Vermont income tax exclusions and tax credits"
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description: "An act relating to Vermont income tax exclusions and tax credits"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
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legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "S 51"
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citation: "Vermont S 51 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ruth Hardy"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 53
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-06"
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last_action: "2025-06-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c32f23c8-5204-420f-b6e0-4710d9df4f5d"
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source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/643"
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source_hash: "4de5f6e29dece6f4fd892f57550fc10350fff5724e7987465710e11dc9fca2d7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-vt"]
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---
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# Vermont S 51 (2025-2026) — An act relating to Vermont income tax exclusions and tax credits
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0051/S-0051%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
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2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT071/ACT071%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
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3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT071/ACT071%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
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4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0051/S-0051%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
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5. **As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0051/S-0051%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
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6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0051/S-0051%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
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7. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0051/S-0051%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
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8. **House Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0051/S-0051%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
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9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0051/S-0051%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 72 of 144 to Pass -- Yeas = 142, Nays = 2 — **142–2** (pass) · lower
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- Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ruth Hardy — primary (person)
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- Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
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- David Weeks — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph Major — cosponsor (person)
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- Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
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- Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Norris — cosponsor (person)
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- Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendy Harrison — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-06** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
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- **2025-03-18** Entered on Notice Calendar
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- **2025-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-18** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-19** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-19** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Hardy for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-19** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to
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- **2025-03-19** 3rd reading ordered
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- **2025-03-20** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-20** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-25** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means `introduction`
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- **2025-05-02** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
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- **2025-05-06** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
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- **2025-05-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-06** Rep. Kimbell of Woodstock reported for the Committee on Ways and Means
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- **2025-05-06** Rep. Canfield of Fair Haven demanded yeas and nays
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- **2025-05-06** Report of Committee on Ways and Means agreed to
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- **2025-05-06** Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 72 of 144 to Pass -- Yeas = 142, Nays = 2
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- **2025-05-06** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-07** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-07** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-08** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
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- **2025-05-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
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- **2025-05-09** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-05-09** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
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- **2025-05-09** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-05-09** House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Cummings `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-05-09** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Cummings, Chittenden, and Brock
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- **2025-05-09** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference appointed `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-05-13** Speaker appointed Reps. Kornheiser of Brattleboro, Kimbell of Woodstock, and Canfield of Fair Haven as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
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- **2025-05-13** House message: House appointed Conference Committee members
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- **2025-05-30** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration, pending entry on Notice Calendar, as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
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- **2025-05-30** Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) `passage`
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- **2025-05-30** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
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- **2025-05-31** House message: House adopted Conference Committee report
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- **2025-06-03** Entered on Notice Calendar
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- **2025-06-03** Committee of Conference report
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- **2025-06-06** Committee of Conference report
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- **2025-06-09** Unfinished Business/Committee of Conference Report
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- **2025-06-11** Unfinished Business/Committee of Conference Report
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- **2025-06-13** Unfinished Business/Committee of Conference Report
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- **2025-06-16** Unfinished Business/Committee of Conference Report
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- **2025-06-16** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Cummings for Committee, text
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- **2025-06-16** Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Collamore
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- **2025-06-16** Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0
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- **2025-06-16** Title amended
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- **2025-06-16** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
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- **2025-06-16** Rules suspended & ordered delivered to Governor forthwith, on motion of Senator Lyons `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-16** Senate Message: Report of Committee of Conference adopted
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- **2025-06-16** Delivered to Governor on June 20, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-16** Signed by Governor on June 25, 2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-16** Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 25, 2025 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c32f23c8-5204-420f-b6e0-4710d9df4f5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
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