H 657 Vermont 2025-2026 session
An act relating to various programming and requirements within the Department for Children and Families
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Enacted — last recorded action May 29, 2026
House message: Governor approved bill on June 15, 2026
Recorded votes
Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 68 of 135 to Pass -- Yeas = 133, Nays = 2
133 yes · 2 no · pass May 20, 2026
Roll Call, requested by Senator Ram Hinsdale, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 13, Nays = 17
13 yes · 17 no · fail May 14, 2026
Decided by five votes or fewer.
Roll Call, requested by Senator Weeks, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 13, Nays = 17
13 yes · 17 no · fail May 14, 2026
Decided by five votes or fewer.
Passage likelihood
Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- House message: Governor approved bill on June 15, 2026
- Signed by Governor on June 15, 2026
- Delivered to the Governor on June 9, 2026
- House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 68 of 135 to Pass -- Yeas = 133, Nays = 2
- Senate proposal of amendment concurred in
- Rep. Steady of Milton demanded yeas and nays
- Action Calendar: Action postponed until May 20, 2026
- Rep. Wood of Waterbury moved to postpone action until May 20, 2026, which was agreed to
- Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment
- Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment
- Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
- Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
- Roll Call, requested by Senator Ram Hinsdale, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 13, Nays = 17
- Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Ram Hinsdale
- Proposal of amendment not agreed to
- Roll Call, requested by Senator Weeks, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 13, Nays = 17
- Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Weeks
- Motion disagreed to
- Senator(s) Weeks motion to recommit bill to Committee on Health and Welfare
- Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Heffernan; text
- Motion by Senator Lyons to reconsider amendment offered by Sen. Heffernan agreed to
- Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
- Pending third reading, Senator Heffernan proposal of amendment, agreed to
- New Business/Third Reading
- 3rd reading ordered
- Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare, as amended, agreed to
- Proposal of amendment agreed to
- Senator(s) Morley, Benson, Cummings, Gulick, and Lyons motion to amend Committee on Health and Welfare proposal of amendment; text
- Reported favorably by Senator Chittenden for Committee on Finance
- Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Morley for Committee on Health and Welfare
- Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons
- Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- New Business/Second Reading
- Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons
- Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- Second Reading
- Entered on Notice Calendar