An act relating to consent by minors for mental health treatment
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H. 230 — An act relating to consent by minors for mental health treatment
Last action — House message: Governor approved bill on 5/17/17
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2017. Enacted.
Prognosis
Where this bill stands today.
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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24 sponsors
1 primary, 23 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (5 D · 1 I) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
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Bill Text
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Read H. 230 on the official Vermont source →Action History
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House message: Governor approved bill on 5/17/17
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Signed by Governor on May 17, 2017
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Delivered to the Governor on May 11,2017
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Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in
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Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
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House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in
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House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text
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New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
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House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment
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House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment
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Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
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Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto, as offered by Rep. Donahue of Northfield
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Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
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Rep. Donahue of Northfield moved to postpone action until April 27, 2017 which was agreed to
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Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
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Senator Benning explained vote
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Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment on roll call, requested by Senator Campion, Passed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 24, Nays = 6
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Motion agreed to
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Pending third reading, motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment offered by Senator(s) McCormack
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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 Health and Welfare agreed to
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Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator McCormack for Committee on Health and Welfare
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Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
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Unfinished Business/Second Reading
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Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
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Unfinished Business/Second Reading
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Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
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Unfinished Business/Second Reading
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Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
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New Business/Second Reading
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Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
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Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare
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Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 69 of 137 to Pass -- Yeas = 125, Nays = 12
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Passed
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Read Third time
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Third Reading Ordered
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Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to.
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Rep. Donahue of Northfield reported 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
- Trevor J Squirrell · Cosponsor
- Tommy Walz · Cosponsor
- Thomas S Stevens · Cosponsor
- Terence Macaig · Cosponsor
- Susan Buckholz · Cosponsor
- Paul Belaski · Cosponsor
- Michael Yantachka · Cosponsor
- Michael Mrowicki · Cosponsor
- Maida Townsend · Cosponsor
- John Gannon · Cosponsor
- James McCullough · Cosponsor
- James W Masland · Cosponsor
- Helen Head · Cosponsor
- Gabrielle Lucke · Primary
- Diana Gonzalez · Cosponsor
- Cynthia Weed · Cosponsor
- Brian J Cina · Cosponsor
- Annmarie Christensen · Cosponsor
- David Deen · Cosponsor
- Elizabeth Dunn · Cosponsor
- William Lippert · Cosponsor
- George Till · Cosponsor
- Less… · Cosponsor
- Kevin "Coach" B Christie · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 23 co-sponsors · 166 not signed on · 4 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Gabrielle Lucke
Co-sponsors (23)
- Trevor J Squirrell Democrat
- Tommy Walz
- Thomas S Stevens Democrat
- Terence Macaig
- Susan Buckholz
- Paul Belaski
- Michael Yantachka
- Michael Mrowicki Democrat
- Maida Townsend
- John Gannon
- James McCullough
- James W Masland Democrat
- Helen Head
- Diana Gonzalez
- Cynthia Weed
- Brian J Cina Progressive/Democrat
- Annmarie Christensen
- David Deen
- Elizabeth Dunn
- William Lippert
- George Till
- Less…
- Kevin "Coach" B Christie Democrat
Not signed on (166)
166 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 166 →"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 |
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| Democrat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat/Progressive | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 80% | 20% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (30)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| McCormack | — | Yea |
| Pearson | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Ayer | — | Yea |
| Benning | — | Nay |
| Bray | — | Yea |
| Degree | — | Yea |
| Kitchel | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Pollina | — | Yea |
| Sears | — | Yea |
| Sirotkin | — | Yea |
| Starr | — | Nay |
| Ashe | — | Yea |
| Balint | — | Yea |
| Brooks | — | Yea |
| Campion | — | Yea |
| Flory | — | Nay |
| Ingram | — | Yea |
| MacDonald | — | Yea |
| Mazza | — | Yea |
| Nitka | — | Yea |
| Rodgers | — | Nay |
| Alison Clarkson | Democrat | Yea |
| Ann E Cummings | Democrat | Yea |
| Virginia "Ginny" V Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Philip E Baruth | Democrat/Progressive | Yea |
| Brian P Collamore | Republican | Nay |
| Carolyn W Branagan | Republican | Nay |
| Richard A Westman | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 93 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| Republican | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Progressive/Democrat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 125 | 12 | 0 | 13 |
| % of votes cast | 83% | 8% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (150)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Ainsworth | — | Yea |
| Copeland-Hanzas | — | Yea |
| Dakin | — | Yea |
| Bancroft | — | Yea |
| Baser | — | Yea |
| Bissonnette | — | Yea |
| Bock | — | Yea |
| Briglin | — | Yea |
| Brumsted | — | Yea |
| Buckholz | — | Yea |
| Carr | — | Yea |
| Christensen | — | Yea |
| Colburn | — | Yea |
| Conquest | — | Yea |
| Deen | — | Yea |
| Devereux | — | Yea |
| Donovan | — | Yea |
| Fagan | — | Yea |
| Forguites | — | Yea |
| Frenier | — | Yea |
| Gardner | — | Yea |
| Giambatista | — | Yea |
| Hooper | — | Yea |
| Hooper | — | Yea |
| Lewis | — | Yea |
| McCormack | — | Yea |
| Miller | — | Yea |
| Shaw | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Taylor | — | Yea |
| Townsend | — | Yea |
| Weed | — | Yea |
| Jessup | — | Yea |
| Jickling | — | Yea |
| Joseph | — | Yea |
| Juskiewicz | — | Yea |
| Keefe | — | Yea |
| Keenan | — | Yea |
| Lanpher | — | Yea |
| Lawrence | — | Yea |
| Lefebvre | — | Yea |
| Lippert | — | Yea |
| Macaig | — | Yea |
| Myers | — | Yea |
| Nolan | — | Yea |
| Partridge | — | Yea |
| Pearce | — | Yea |
| Poirier | — | Yea |
| Potter | — | Yea |
| Scheuermann | — | Yea |
| Sharpe | — | Yea |
| Stuart | — | Yea |
| Till | — | Yea |
| Toleno | — | Yea |
| Toll | — | Yea |
| Trieber | — | Yea |
| Troiano | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Viens | — | Yea |
| Walz | — | Yea |
| Webb | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Nay |
| Johnson | — | Not Voting |
| Sullivan | — | Not Voting |
| Batchelor | — | Not Voting |
| Beyor | — | Nay |
| Gage | — | Nay |
| Graham | — | Nay |
| Hubert | — | Nay |
| LaClair | — | Nay |
| Strong | — | Nay |
| Tate | — | Nay |
| Willhoit | — | Yea |
| Wright | — | Yea |
| Young | — | Yea |
| Ancel | — | Yea |
| Belaski | — | Yea |
| Botzow | — | Yea |
| Browning | — | Yea |
| Chesnut-Tangerman | — | Yea |
| Condon | — | Not Voting |
| Connor | — | Yea |
| Cupoli | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Fields | — | Yea |
| Gamache | — | Not Voting |
| Gannon | — | Yea |
| Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Grad | — | Yea |
| Greshin | — | Yea |
| Haas | — | Yea |
| Head | — | Yea |
| Hebert | — | Not Voting |
| Helm | — | Nay |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Kitzmiller | — | Yea |
| Lucke | — | Yea |
| Martel | — | Yea |
| McCullough | — | Yea |
| Murphy | — | Yea |
| O'Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Olsen | — | Yea |
| Parent | — | Yea |
| Pugh | — | Yea |
| Rosenquist | — | Yea |
| Savage | — | Yea |
| Terenzini | — | Nay |
| Yantachka | — | Yea |
| Van Wyck | — | Nay |
| Alice M. M Emmons | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Amy D Sheldon | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Barbara Rachelson | Democrat | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| Eileen G Dickinson | Republican | Yea |
| Francis M McFaun | Republican | Yea |
| Mark A Higley | Republican | Not Voting |
| Martha A Feltus | Republican | Yea |
| Mary A. A Morrissey | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| William P Canfield | Republican | Nay |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors H. 230?
- H. 230 is sponsored by Trevor J Squirrell (Democrat), Tommy Walz, Thomas S Stevens (Democrat), Terence Macaig, Susan Buckholz, Paul Belaski, Michael Yantachka, Michael Mrowicki (Democrat), Maida Townsend, John Gannon, James McCullough, James W Masland (Democrat), Helen Head, Gabrielle Lucke, Diana Gonzalez, Cynthia Weed, Brian J Cina (Progressive/Democrat), Annmarie Christensen, David Deen, Elizabeth Dunn, William Lippert, George Till, Less…, and Kevin "Coach" B Christie (Democrat).
- What is the current status of H. 230?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2017. Enacted.
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