Vermont 2026 Biennium Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 7 D · 2 R cosponsors

S.18 — An act relating to licensure of freestanding birth centers

Last action — Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 13, 2025

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

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced January 22, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Signed by Governor Phil Scott (Republican) on May 14, 2025.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 9 sponsors

    1 primary, 8 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (7 D · 2 R) — cross-party backing.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

An act relating to licensure of freestanding birth centers

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 13, 2025

  2. Signed by Governor on May 13, 2025

  3. Delivered to Governor on May 7, 2025

  4. Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in

  5. As passed by Senate and House

  6. House proposal of amendment concurred in

  7. House proposal of amendment; text

  8. Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment

  9. New Business/House Proposal of Amendment

  10. House proposal of amendment

  11. Entered on Notice Calendar

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

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

  14. Action Calendar: Third Reading

  15. Third Reading ordered

  16. Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to

  17. Rep. Yacovone of Morristown recommended for the Committee on Appropriations

  18. Rep. Branagan of Georgia recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means

  19. Rep. Goldman of Rockingham reported for the Committee on Health Care

  20. Read second time

  21. Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment

  22. Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment

  23. Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)

  24. Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment

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

  26. Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment

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

  28. Read 3rd time & passed

  29. New Business/Third Reading

  30. 3rd reading ordered

  31. Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to

  32. Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations

  33. Reported favorably by Senator Gulick for Committee on Finance

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

  35. Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations

  36. Favorable report by Committee on Finance

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

  38. New Business/Second Reading

  39. Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations

  40. Favorable report by Committee on Finance

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

  42. Entered on Notice Calendar

  43. Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31

  44. Favorable report by Committee on Finance

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

  46. Second Reading

  47. Entered on Notice Calendar

  48. Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31

  49. Second Reading

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

  51. Entered on Notice Calendar

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 181 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (181)

181 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does S.18 do?
An act relating to licensure of freestanding birth centers
Who sponsors S.18?
S.18 is sponsored by Martine Larocque L Gulick (Democrat), Alison Clarkson (Democrat), Ruth E Hardy (Democrat), Wendy K Harrison (Democrat), Robert Plunkett (Democrat), Anne E Watson (Democrat/Progressive), David H Weeks (Republican), Rebecca "Becca" E White (Democrat), and Terry K Williams (Republican).
What is the current status of S.18?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced January 22, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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