Bill Commons

VT S 190

vetoed

An act relating to reference-based pricing and the Green Mountain Care Board

Vermont · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did VT S 190 pass?

No. VT S 190 passed the legislature but was vetoed on 2026-05-29. Latest recorded action (2026-05-29): Senate Message: Vetoed by Governor June 16, 2026

What is VT S 190 about?

VT S 190 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “An act relating to reference-based pricing and the Green Mountain Care Board”.

Who sponsors VT S 190?

Virginia Lyons is the primary sponsor of VT S 190.

Introduced
2026-01-06
Latest action
2026-05-29 — Senate Message: Vetoed by Governor June 16, 2026
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Virginia Lyonsprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-06

    Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare

    introduction

  2. 2026-03-17

    Entered on Notice Calendar

  3. 2026-03-17

    Second Reading

    reading-2

  4. 2026-03-17

    Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare

    committee-passage

  5. 2026-03-17

    Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31

  6. 2026-03-24

    Entered on Notice Calendar

  7. 2026-03-24

    Second Reading

    reading-2

  8. 2026-03-24

    Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare

    committee-passage

  9. 2026-03-24

    Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations

    committee-passage

  10. 2026-03-24

    Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons

  11. 2026-03-25

    Second Reading

    reading-2

  12. 2026-03-25

    Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare

    committee-passage

  13. 2026-03-25

    Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations

    committee-passage

  14. 2026-03-25

    Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons

  15. 2026-03-26

    Unfinished Business/Second Reading

    reading-2

  16. 2026-03-26

    Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare

    committee-passage

  17. 2026-03-26

    Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations

    committee-passage

  18. 2026-03-26

    Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons

  19. 2026-03-27

    Unfinished Business/Second Reading

    reading-2

  20. 2026-03-27

    Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare

    committee-passage

  21. 2026-03-27

    Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations

    committee-passage

  22. 2026-03-27

    Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons

  23. 2026-03-27

    Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare

    committee-passage-favorable,reading-2

  24. 2026-03-27

    Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment

    committee-passage-favorable

  25. 2026-03-27

    Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations

  26. 2026-03-27

    Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare amended as moved by Senator Lyons, Benson, Cummings, and Morley

  27. 2026-03-27

    Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare, as amended, agreed to

  28. 2026-03-27

    3rd reading ordered

  29. 2026-03-27

    Title amended as recommended by Committee on Health and Welfare

  30. 2026-03-31

    New Business/Third Reading

    reading-3

  31. 2026-03-31

    Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Hardy

    reading-3

  32. 2026-03-31

    Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Weeks

  33. 2026-03-31

    Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Weeks, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 23, Nays = 6

    reading-3

  34. 2026-04-02

    Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care

    introduction

  35. 2026-05-12

    Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment

  36. 2026-05-12

    Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)

  37. 2026-05-19

    Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)

  38. 2026-05-22

    Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment

  39. 2026-05-22

    Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney

  40. 2026-05-22

    Read second time

    reading-2

  41. 2026-05-22

    Rep. Black of Essex reported for the Committee on Health Care

  42. 2026-05-22

    Rep. Holcombe of Norwich recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means

  43. 2026-05-22

    Rep. Dickinson of St. Albans Town recommended for the Committee on Appropriations

  44. 2026-05-22

    Report of Committee on Health Care amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations

  45. 2026-05-22

    Rep. McCoy of Poultney demanded yeas and nays

  46. 2026-05-22

    Report of Committee on Health Care, as amended, agreed to

  47. 2026-05-22

    Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 66 of 131 to Pass -- Yeas = 87, Nays = 44

  48. 2026-05-22

    Third Reading ordered

    reading-3

  49. 2026-05-22

    Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney

  50. 2026-05-22

    Read third time

    reading-3

  51. 2026-05-22

    Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment

    amendment-introduction

  52. 2026-05-22

    Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney

  53. 2026-05-26

    House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment

  54. 2026-05-27

    Entered on Notice Calendar

  55. 2026-05-27

    House proposal of amendment

    amendment-introduction

  56. 2026-05-28

    House proposal of amendment

    amendment-introduction

  57. 2026-05-28

    House proposal of amendment; text

    amendment-introduction

  58. 2026-05-28

    House proposal of amendment concurred in

    amendment-introduction

  59. 2026-05-28

    Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Collamore

  60. 2026-05-28

    Roll Call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 13

  61. 2026-05-28

    Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in

    amendment-introduction

  62. 2026-05-28

    As passed by Senate and House

    passage

  63. 2026-05-29

    Delivered to Governor on June 10, 2026

    executive-receipt

  64. 2026-05-29

    Governor vetoed bill on June 16, 2026

    executive-veto

  65. 2026-05-29

    Senate Message: Vetoed by Governor June 16, 2026

    executive-veto

Versions

  • As Passed by Both House and Senate (UnofficialOpens in a new window)Compare
  • As Passed by Both House and Senate (OfficialOpens in a new window)Compare
  • House Proposal of Amendment (UnofficialOpens in a new window)Compare
  • House Proposal of Amendment (OfficialOpens in a new window)Compare
  • As Passed By the Senate (UnofficialOpens in a new window)Compare
  • As Passed By the Senate (OfficialOpens in a new window)Compare
  • As IntroducedOpens in a new windowCompare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Weeks, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 23, Nays = 6

    2026-03-31 · pass · 23-6

    Member-level votes (30)
    • Baruth: yes
    • Beck: yes
    • Benson: yes
    • Bongartz: yes
    • Brennan: yes
    • Chittenden: yes
    • Clarkson: 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
    • Watson: yes
    • Westman: yes
    • White: yes
    • Brock: no
    • Collamore: no
    • Ingalls: no
    • Norris: no
    • Weeks: no
    • Williams: no
    • Vyhovsky: not voting
  • Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 66 of 131 to Pass -- Yeas = 87, Nays = 44

    2026-05-22 · pass · 87-44

    Member-level votes (147)
    • Arsenault: yes
    • Austin: yes
    • Bartholomew: yes
    • Berbeco: yes
    • Birong: yes
    • Bishop: yes
    • Black: yes
    • Bluemle: yes
    • Bos-Lun: yes
    • Boyden: yes
    • Brady: yes
    • Brown: yes
    • Burke: yes
    • Burkhardt: yes
    • Burrows: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Carris Duncan: yes
    • Casey: yes
    • Chapin: yes
    • Cina: yes
    • Conlon: yes
    • Cooper: yes
    • Corcoran: yes
    • Critchlow: yes
    • Dolan: yes
    • Donahue: yes
    • Duke: yes
    • Durfee: yes
    • Eastes: yes
    • Emmons: yes
    • Feltus: yes
    • Goldman: yes
    • Goodnow: yes
    • Graning: yes
    • Greer: yes
    • Harple: yes
    • Headrick: yes
    • Holcombe: yes
    • Houghton: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hoyt: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • James: yes
    • Kimbell: yes
    • Kleppner: yes
    • Kornheiser: yes
    • Krasnow: yes
    • LaLonde: yes
    • LaMont: yes
    • Lipsky: yes
    • Logan: yes
    • Long: yes
    • Lueders: yes
    • Masland: yes
    • McCann: yes
    • McGill: yes
    • Micklus: yes
    • Mihaly: yes
    • Minier: yes
    • Morris: yes
    • Morrow: yes
    • Mrowicki: yes
    • North: yes
    • Noyes: yes
    • Nugent: yes
    • Ode: yes
    • Olson: yes
    • Pezzo: yes
    • Pouech: yes
    • Priestley: yes
    • Satcowitz: yes
    • Scheu: yes
    • Scully: yes
    • Sheldon: yes
    • Sibilia: yes
    • Squirrell: yes
    • Stevens: yes
    • Stone: yes
    • Sweeney: yes
    • Tomlinson: yes
    • Torre: yes
    • Waszazak: yes
    • Waters Evans: yes
    • White: yes
    • Wood: yes
    • Yacovone: yes
    • Bailey: no
    • Bartley: no
    • Bosch: no
    • Boutin: no
    • Branagan: no
    • Brigham: no
    • Burditt: no
    • Canfield: no
    • Charlton: no
    • Coffin: no
    • Demar: no
    • Dickinson: no
    • Dobrovich: no
    • Dolgin: no
    • Galfetti: no
    • Goslant: no
    • Gregoire: no
    • Hango: no
    • Harvey: no
    • Higley: no
    • Hooper: no
    • Howland: no
    • Kascenska: no
    • Keyser: no
    • Labor: no
    • Laroche: no
    • Luneau: no
    • Marcotte: no
    • McCoy: no
    • Morgan, M.: no
    • Morrissey: no
    • Nelson: no
    • Nielsen: no
    • Oliver: no
    • Page: no
    • Powers: no
    • Pritchard: no
    • Quimby: no
    • Soucy: no
    • Southworth: no
    • Steady: no
    • Tagliavia: no
    • Taylor: no
    • Burtt: not voting
    • Christie: not voting
    • Cole: not voting
    • Dodge: not voting
    • Garofano: not voting
    • Krowinski: not voting
    • Lalley: not voting
    • Maguire: not voting
    • Malay: not voting
    • Morgan, L.: not voting
    • Nigro: not voting
    • O'Brien: not voting
    • Parsons: not voting
    • Pinsonault: not voting
    • Rachelson: not voting
    • Walker: not voting
    • Wells: not voting
    • Winter: not voting
  • Roll Call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 13

    2026-05-28 · pass · 17-13

    Member-level votes (30)
    • Baruth: yes
    • Bongartz: yes
    • Chittenden: yes
    • Clarkson: yes
    • Cummings: yes
    • Gulick: yes
    • Hardy: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hashim: yes
    • Lyons: yes
    • Major: yes
    • Perchlik: yes
    • Plunkett: yes
    • Ram Hinsdale: yes
    • Vyhovsky: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • White: yes
    • Beck: no
    • Benson: no
    • Brennan: no
    • Brock: no
    • Collamore: no
    • Heffernan: no
    • Ingalls: no
    • Mattos: no
    • Morley: no
    • Norris: no
    • Weeks: no
    • Westman: no
    • Williams: no

Related bills

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