Vermont 2024 Biennium Status: Passed Senate 6 D cosponsors

S.98 — An act relating to Green Mountain Care Board authority over prescription drug costs and the Green Mountain Care Board nomination and appointment process

Last action — Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 30, 2024

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 23, 2023. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Advancing 38% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

How often bills like it became law.

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 7 sponsors

    1 primary, 6 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (6 D).

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Summary

An act relating to Green Mountain Care Board authority over prescription drug costs and the Green Mountain Care Board nomination and appointment process

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 30, 2024

  2. Signed by Governor on May 30, 2024

  3. Delivered to Governor on May 24, 2024

  4. Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in

  5. Rules suspended & action messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth

  6. As passed by Senate and House

  7. House proposal of amendment concurred in

  8. House proposal of amendment; text

  9. Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment

  10. Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment

  11. Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth

  12. House proposal of amendment

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

  14. Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment

  15. Action Calendar: Third Reading

  16. Third Reading ordered

  17. Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to

  18. Rep. Holcombe of Norwich recommended for the Committee on Appropriations

  19. Rep. Cordes of Lincoln reported for the Committee on Health Care

  20. Read second time

  21. Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment

  22. Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment

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

  24. Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care

  25. Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Lyons, Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 23, Nays = 5

  26. New Business/Third Reading

  27. 3rd reading ordered

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

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

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

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

  32. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations

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

  34. Unfinished Business/Second Reading

  35. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations

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

  37. Unfinished Business/Second Reading

  38. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations

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

  40. New Business/Second Reading

  41. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations

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

  43. Second Reading

  44. Entered on Notice Calendar

  45. Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31

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

  47. Second Reading

  48. Entered on Notice Calendar

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

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 183 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (183)

183 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does S.98 do?
An act relating to Green Mountain Care Board authority over prescription drug costs and the Green Mountain Care Board nomination and appointment process
Who sponsors S.98?
S.98 is sponsored by Ann E Cummings (Democrat), Sen. Mark MacDonald, Anne E Watson (Democrat/Progressive), Virginia "Ginny" V Lyons (Democrat), Nader A Hashim (Democrat), Martine Larocque L Gulick (Democrat), and Kesha K Ram Hinsdale (Democrat).
What is the current status of S.98?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 23, 2023. It now moves to the second chamber.
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