H 955 Vermont 2025-2026 session
An act relating to next steps in transforming Vermont’s education system
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Enacted — last recorded action May 29, 2026
House message: Governor approved bill on June 18, 2026
Recorded votes
Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 68 of 135 to Pass -- Yeas = 125, Nays = 10
125 yes · 10 no · pass May 29, 2026
3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 2
27 yes · 2 no · pass May 26, 2026
Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 71 of 142 to Pass -- Yeas = 34, Nays = 108
34 yes · 108 no · fail April 16, 2026
Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 79, Nays = 62
79 yes · 62 no · pass April 16, 2026
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 18, 2026
- Signed by Governor on June 18, 2026
- Delivered to the Governor on June 12, 2026
- House message: House adopted Conference Committee report
- Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to deliver the bill to the Governor forthwith, which was agreed to
- Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 68 of 135 to Pass -- Yeas = 125, Nays = 10
- Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill)
- Rep. Burkhardt of South Burlington demanded yeas and nays
- Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration, pending entry on Notice Calendar, as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- Senate Message: Report of Committee of Conference adopted
- Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Lyons
- Committee of Conference report adopted
- Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Bongartz for Committee, text
- Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Lyons
- Committee of Conference report
- Entered on Notice Calendar
- Senate Message: Committee of Conference members appointed
- Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Bongartz, Hardy, and Mattos
- House message: House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
- Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth
- Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- Speaker appointed Reps. Conlon of Cornwall, Kornheiser of Brattleboro, and Quimby of Lyndon as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- Senate proposal of amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Conlon of Cornwall
- Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration, pending entry on Notice Calendar, as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
- Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
- Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Baruth
- 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 2
- Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Hardy
- Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance, as amended, agreed to
- Proposal of amendment agreed to
- Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Hardy, Beck, Bongartz, and Cummings; text
- Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
- Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations with proposal of amendment
- Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Cummings for Committee on Finance
- Rules suspended, and Sen. Bongartz permitted to speak on report of the bill
- Rules suspended on motion of Senator Baruth
- Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Hardy, Beck, Bongartz, and Cummings
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance