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Vermont 2025-2026

H 949

An act relating to homestead property tax yields, the nonhomestead property tax rate, and technical changes to education finance

Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-10-27 12:12:13 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Vermont
Session
2025-2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Not supplied
Introduced / first action
2026-03-20 00:00:00

Sponsors

  • House Committee on Ways and Means (primary), primary

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. House message: Governor approved bill on June 18, 2026

  2. Signed by Governor on June 18, 2026

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  3. Delivered to Governor on June 12, 2026

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  4. House message: House adopted Conference Committee report

  5. Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to deliver the bill to the Governor forthwith, which was agreed to

  6. Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 67 of 134 to Pass -- Yeas = 111, Nays = 23

  7. Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill)

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  8. Rep. Burkhardt of South Burlington demanded yeas and nays

  9. Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration, pending entry on Notice Calendar, as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney

  10. Senate Message: Report of Committee of Conference adopted

  11. Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Lyons

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  12. Committee of Conference report adopted

  13. Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Cummings for Committee, text

  14. Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Lyons

  15. Committee of Conference report

  16. Entered on Notice Calendar

  17. Senate Message: Committee of Conference members appointed

  18. Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Cummings, Chittenden, and Beck

  19. House message: House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed

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  20. Speaker appointed Reps. Kornheiser of Brattleboro, Kimbell of Woodstock, and Feltus of Lyndon as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House

  21. Senate proposal of amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Kornheiser of Brattleboro

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  22. Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment

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  23. Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment

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  24. Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment

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  25. Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment

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  26. Pending third reading, Senator Vyhovsky proposal of amendment, disagreed to

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  27. Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Vyhovsky; text

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  28. Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Vyhovsky

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  29. New Business/Third Reading

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  30. Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Baruth

  31. 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 2

  32. Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance, as amended, agreed to

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  33. Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance amended as moved by Senator(s) Cummings

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  34. Reported favorably by Senator Baruth for Committee on Appropriations

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  35. Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Cummings for Committee on Finance

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  36. Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Cummings

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  37. Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations

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  38. Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance

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  39. Unfinished Business/Second Reading

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  40. Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations

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  41. Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance

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  42. Second Reading

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  43. Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations

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  44. Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance

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  45. Second Reading

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  46. Entered on Notice Calendar

  47. Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31

  48. Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance

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  49. Second Reading

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  50. Entered on Notice Calendar

  51. Committee on Education relieved; bill committed to Committee on Finance on motion of Senator Bongartz

  52. Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Education

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  53. Read third time and passed

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  54. Rep. Logan of Burlington asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment

  55. Rep. Logan of Burlington, Cina of Burlington, and Tomlinson of Winooski moved to amend the bill

  56. Action Calendar: Third Reading

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  57. Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 70 of 139 to Pass -- Yeas = 78, Nays = 61

  58. Third Reading ordered

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  59. Rep. McCoy of Poultney demanded yeas and nays

  60. Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 70 of 140 to Pass -- Yeas = 56, Nays = 84

  61. Rep. McCoy of Poultney demanded yeas and nays

  62. Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to amend the bill

  63. Rep. Kornheiser of Brattleboro moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to

  64. Rep. Nigro of Bennington recommended for the Committee on Appropriations

  65. Rep. Kornheiser of Brattleboro spoke for the Committee on Ways and Means

  66. Read second time

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  67. Action Calendar: Favorable

  68. Notice Calendar: Favorable

  69. Committee bill read first time and referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)

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