VT H 550

enacted

An act relating to gender equity within Vermont’s correctional facilities

Vermont · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did VT H 550 pass?

Yes. VT H 550 has been enacted into law as of 2026-05-29. Latest recorded action (2026-05-29): House message: Governor approved bill on June 8, 2026

What is VT H 550 about?

VT H 550 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “An act relating to gender equity within Vermont’s correctional facilities”.

Who sponsors VT H 550?

Brian Minier, Jubilee McGill, Kate McCann and 5 others are the primary sponsors of VT H 550.

Introduced: 2026-01-06
Latest action: 2026-05-29 — House message: Governor approved bill on June 8, 2026
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

2026-01-06
Read first time and referred to the Committee on Corrections and Institutions
introduction
2026-03-17
Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
2026-03-18
Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
2026-03-18
Read second time
reading-2
2026-03-18
Rep. Galfetti of Barre Town reported for the Committee on Corrections and Institutions
2026-03-18
Report of Committee on Corrections and Institutions agreed to
2026-03-18
Third Reading ordered
reading-3
2026-03-19
Action Calendar: Third Reading
reading-3
2026-03-19
Read third time and passed
reading-3
2026-03-24
Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Institutions
introduction
2026-05-15
Entered on Notice Calendar
2026-05-15
Second Reading
reading-2
2026-05-15
Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions
amendment-introduction
2026-05-19
New Business/Second Reading
reading-2
2026-05-19
Favorable report by Committee on Institutions
committee-passage
2026-05-20
Unfinished Business/Second Reading
reading-2
2026-05-20
Favorable report by Committee on Institutions
committee-passage
2026-05-20
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2026-05-20
Reported favorably by Senator Plunkett for Committee on Institutions
committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-20
3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 2
2026-05-20
Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Ram Hinsdale
2026-05-20
3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 2
2026-05-21
New Business/Third Reading
reading-3
2026-05-21
Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence
reading-3
2026-05-21
New Business/Third Reading
reading-3
2026-05-21
Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth
passage
2026-05-21
Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence
reading-3
2026-05-21
Senate Message: Passed in concurrence
passage
2026-05-21
Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth
passage
2026-05-21
Senate Message: Passed in concurrence
passage
2026-05-29
Delivered to the Governor on June 2, 2026
passage
2026-05-29
Signed by Governor on June 8, 2026
executive-signature
2026-05-29
Delivered to the Governor on June 2, 2026
passage
2026-05-29
House message: Governor approved bill on June 8, 2026
2026-05-29
Signed by Governor on June 8, 2026
executive-signature
2026-05-29
House message: Governor approved bill on June 8, 2026

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Votes

3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 2
2026-05-20 · pass · 27-2
Member-level votes (30)
- Baruth: yes
- Beck: yes
- Benson: yes
- Bongartz: yes
- Brennan: yes
- Brock: yes
- Chittenden: yes
- Clarkson: yes
- Collamore: yes
- Cummings: yes
- Gulick: yes
- Hardy: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hashim: yes
- Heffernan: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Major: yes
- Mattos: yes
- Morley: yes
- Perchlik: yes
- Plunkett: yes
- Ram Hinsdale: yes
- Vyhovsky: yes
- Watson: yes
- Weeks: yes
- Westman: yes
- Williams: yes
- Ingalls: no
- Norris: no
- White: not voting

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillRollCalls/2026/1349

Attribution

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