H. 696 — An act relating to establishing a State individual mandate
Last action — House message House adopted Conference Committee report
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
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Read H. 696 on the official Vermont source →Action History
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House message House adopted Conference Committee report
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Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
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Rules Suspended and Action on the bill messaged to the Senate forthwith and the bill delivered to the Governor forthwith as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton.
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Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill)
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Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 68 of 134 to Pass -- Yeas = 118, Nays = 16
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Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
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Senate message, report of committee of conference adopted
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Committee of Conference report adopted
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Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Lyons for Committee, text
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Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
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Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Lyons, MacDonald, and Sirotkin
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House message House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
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Speaker appointed Briglin of Thetford, Donahue of Northfield and Jickling of Randolph as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
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Senate Proposal of Amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Briglin of Thetford
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Action Postponed to next legislative day as moved by Rep. Briglin of Thetford
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Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
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Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
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New Business/Third Reading
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3rd reading ordered
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Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to
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Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Sirotkin for Committee on Finance
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Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
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New Business/Second Reading
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Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
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Entered on Notice Calendar
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Committee on Health and Welfare relieved; bill committed to Committee on Finance on motion of Senator Ayer
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Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare
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Read Third time and Passed
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Third Reading Ordered
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Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to.
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Rep. Briglin of Thetford recommended for the committee on Health Care
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Read Second Time
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Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Health Care
Sponsors
- Timothy Briglin · Primary
- Jean O'Sullivan · Cosponsor
- Janet Ancel · Cosponsor
- James W Masland · Cosponsor
- Gabrielle Lucke · Cosponsor
- Benjamin Jickling · Cosponsor
- Annmarie Christensen · Cosponsor
- Ann Pugh · Primary
- Paul Poirier · Primary
- David Deen · Cosponsor
- George Till · Cosponsor
- Less… · Cosponsor
- Alice M. M Emmons · Cosponsor
- Kevin "Coach" B Christie · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →3 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on · 5 voted No
Sponsors (3)
- Timothy Briglin
- Ann Pugh
- Paul Poirier
Co-sponsors (11)
- Jean O'Sullivan
- Janet Ancel
- James W Masland Democrat
- Gabrielle Lucke
- Benjamin Jickling
- Annmarie Christensen
- David Deen
- George Till
- Less…
- Alice M. M Emmons Democrat
- Kevin "Coach" B Christie Democrat
Not signed on (176)
176 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 176 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 82 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| Republican | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Progressive/Democrat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 118 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| % of votes cast | 79% | 11% | 0% | 11% |
How each member voted (150)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Ainsworth | — | Yea |
| Bancroft | — | Yea |
| Baser | — | Yea |
| Copeland-Hanzas | — | Yea |
| Dakin | — | Yea |
| Hooper | — | Yea |
| Lewis | — | Yea |
| McCormack | — | Yea |
| Miller | — | Yea |
| Bock | — | Yea |
| Botzow | — | Yea |
| Briglin | — | Yea |
| Brumsted | — | Yea |
| Carr | — | Yea |
| Christensen | — | Yea |
| Colburn | — | Yea |
| Conquest | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Fields | — | Yea |
| Gannon | — | Yea |
| Giambatista | — | Yea |
| Jessup | — | Yea |
| Jickling | — | Yea |
| Joseph | — | Yea |
| Juskiewicz | — | Yea |
| Keenan | — | Yea |
| Kitzmiller | — | Yea |
| LaClair | — | Yea |
| Lanpher | — | Yea |
| Lawrence | — | Yea |
| Lippert | — | Yea |
| Macaig | — | Yea |
| Myers | — | Yea |
| Nolan | — | Yea |
| Shaw | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Taylor | — | Yea |
| Townsend | — | Yea |
| Weed | — | Yea |
| Hooper | — | Not Voting |
| Johnson | — | Not Voting |
| Smith | — | Not Voting |
| Sullivan | — | Not Voting |
| Batchelor | — | Nay |
| Beyor | — | Nay |
| Buckholz | — | Not Voting |
| Cupoli | — | Nay |
| Devereux | — | Not Voting |
| Frenier | — | Nay |
| Gamache | — | Nay |
| Graham | — | Not Voting |
| Keefe | — | Not Voting |
| Martel | — | Nay |
| Partridge | — | Yea |
| Pearce | — | Yea |
| Scheuermann | — | Yea |
| Sharpe | — | Yea |
| Strong | — | Nay |
| Stuart | — | Yea |
| Terenzini | — | Not Voting |
| Till | — | Yea |
| Toleno | — | Yea |
| Toll | — | Yea |
| Trieber | — | Not Voting |
| Troiano | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Nay |
| Viens | — | Nay |
| Walz | — | Yea |
| Webb | — | Yea |
| Wright | — | Yea |
| Yantachka | — | Yea |
| Young | — | Yea |
| Ancel | — | Yea |
| Belaski | — | Yea |
| Bissonnette | — | Yea |
| Browning | — | Not Voting |
| Chesnut-Tangerman | — | Yea |
| Condon | — | Not Voting |
| Connor | — | Yea |
| Deen | — | Yea |
| Donovan | — | Yea |
| Fagan | — | Yea |
| Forguites | — | Yea |
| Gage | — | Nay |
| Gardner | — | Not Voting |
| Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Grad | — | Yea |
| Haas | — | Yea |
| Head | — | Yea |
| Hebert | — | Not Voting |
| Helm | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Lefebvre | — | Yea |
| Lucke | — | Yea |
| McCullough | — | Yea |
| Murphy | — | Yea |
| O'Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Pajala | — | Yea |
| Parent | — | Yea |
| Poirier | — | Yea |
| Potter | — | Yea |
| Pugh | — | Yea |
| Read | — | Yea |
| Rosenquist | — | Yea |
| Savage | — | Nay |
| Willhoit | — | Yea |
| Van Wyck | — | Nay |
| Alice M. M Emmons | Democrat | Yea |
| Amy D Sheldon | Democrat | Yea |
| Barbara Rachelson | Democrat | Yea |
| Carol Ode | Democrat | Yea |
| Charles A Kimbell | Democrat | Yea |
| Daniel A Noyes | Democrat | Yea |
| David W Yacovone | Democrat | Yea |
| Emily J Long | Democrat | Yea |
| James W Masland | Democrat | Yea |
| Jill L Krowinski | Democrat | Yea |
| John L Bartholomew | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Kevin "Coach" B Christie | Democrat | Yea |
| Kristi C Morris | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Lori Houghton | Democrat | Yea |
| Martin J LaLonde | Democrat | Yea |
| Mary E. E Howard | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael Mrowicki | Democrat | Yea |
| Mollie S. S Burke | Democrat | Yea |
| Peter C Conlon | Democrat | Yea |
| Robin P Scheu | Democrat | Yea |
| Theresa A Wood | Democrat | Yea |
| Thomas S Stevens | Democrat | Yea |
| Timothy R. R Corcoran II | Democrat | Yea |
| Trevor J Squirrell | Democrat | Yea |
| Anne B. B Donahue | Independent | Yea |
| Laura H Sibilia | Independent | Yea |
| Brian J Cina | Progressive/Democrat | Yea |
| Beth M Quimby | Republican | Nay |
| Christopher P Mattos | Republican | Yea |
| Eileen G Dickinson | Republican | Yea |
| Francis M McFaun | Republican | Yea |
| Jim F Harrison | Republican | Yea |
| Mark A Higley | Republican | Nay |
| Martha A Feltus | Republican | Yea |
| Mary A. A Morrissey | Republican | Nay |
| Michael J Marcotte | Republican | Yea |
| Patricia A McCoy | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick "Pat" M Brennan | Republican | Yea |
| Robert W Norris | Republican | Yea |
| Scott L Beck | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas B Burditt | Republican | Nay |
| William P Canfield | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors H. 696?
- H. 696 is sponsored by Timothy Briglin, Jean O'Sullivan, Janet Ancel, James W Masland (Democrat), Gabrielle Lucke, Benjamin Jickling, Annmarie Christensen, Ann Pugh, Paul Poirier, David Deen, George Till, Less…, Alice M. M Emmons (Democrat), and Kevin "Coach" B Christie (Democrat).
- What is the current status of H. 696?
- This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track H. 696?
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