Vermont 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 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

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 23, 2023. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    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).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

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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

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 183 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (183)

183 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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Votes

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

Passed 23 Yea · 5 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat/Progressive 3000
Unaffiliated 11001
Republican 2500
Democrat 6001
Progressive/Democrat 1000
Total 23502
% of votes cast 77%17%0%7%
How each member voted (30)
Member Party Vote
Bray — Yea
Campion — Yea
Harrison — Yea
Kitchel — Yea
MacDonald — Yea
McCormack — Yea
Sears — Yea
Starr — Yea
White — Yea
Wrenner — Yea
Mazza — Not Voting
Ram Hinsdale — Yea
Alison Clarkson Democrat Yea
Ann E Cummings Democrat Yea
Martine Larocque L Gulick Democrat Yea
Nader A Hashim Democrat Not Voting
Ruth E Hardy Democrat Yea
Thomas I Chittenden Democrat Yea
Virginia "Ginny" V Lyons Democrat Yea
Andrew J Perchlik Democrat/Progressive Yea
Anne E Watson Democrat/Progressive Yea
Philip E Baruth Democrat/Progressive Yea
Tanya C Vyhovsky Progressive/Democrat Yea
Brian P Collamore Republican Nay
David H Weeks Republican Nay
Randy D Brock Republican Yea
Richard A Westman Republican Yea
Robert W Norris Republican Nay
Russ H Ingalls Republican Nay
Terry K Williams Republican Nay

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Subjects

healthcare health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors S 98?
S 98 is sponsored by Ann E Cummings (Democrat), Martine Larocque L Gulick (Democrat), Nader A Hashim (Democrat), Virginia "Ginny" V Lyons (Democrat), Mark MacDonald, Anne E Watson (Democrat/Progressive), and Kesha K Ram Hinsdale (Democrat).
What is the current status of S 98?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 23, 2023. Enacted.
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