New Vermont laws taking effect July 1, 2025
39 laws take effect July 1, 2025.
Of the 191 bills enacted since 2025, 188 have an effective date and 3 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Nov 4, 2026 at 6:45 a.m. EST.
Healthcare (8)
H.209 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to intranasal epinephrine in schools
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
H.218 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to fiscal year 2026 appropriations from the Opioid Abatement Special Fund
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
H.259 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to preventing workplace violence in hospitals
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
H.401 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to exemptions for food manufacturing establishments
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
H.80 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to the Office of the Health Care Advocate
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
S.27 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to medical debt relief and excluding medical debt from credit reports
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
S.36 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to the delivery and payment of certain services provided through the Agency of Human Services, services for persons who are incapacitated, and Human Services Board proceedings
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
S.63 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to modifying the regulatory duties of the Green Mountain Care Board
How we got this date
The remaining sections shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Crime (7)
H.105 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to expanding the Youth Substance Awareness Safety Program
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
H.118 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
H.222 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to civil orders of protection
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
H.321 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
H.41 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to abuse of the dead body of a person
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
H.44 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to the laws governing impaired driving
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
S.12 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to sealing criminal history records
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Agriculture (4)
H.167 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to establishing the Vermonters Feeding Vermonters Grant at the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
H.484 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects
How we got this date
The remainder of this act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
S.124 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
S.45 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to protection from nuisance suits for agricultural activities
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
Finance (4)
H.137 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to the regulation of insurance products and services
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025, except that Secs.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
H.206 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to the Uniform Commercial Code
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
H.243 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to the regulation of business organizations
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
H.398 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to the Vermont Economic Development Authority
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
Climate (2)
H.481 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to stormwater management
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025, except that Sec.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
S.50 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to increasing the size of solar net metering projects that qualify for expedited registration
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
Government (2)
H.397 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to the statutes governing emergency management and flood response
How we got this date
All other sections shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
H.472 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025, except that Sec.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Public Lands (2)
H.231 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to technical corrections to fish and wildlife statutes
How we got this date
All other sections shall take effect on July 1, 2025
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
H.396 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to the creation of the Mollie Beattie Distinguished Service Award
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
Traffic (2)
H.488 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to the fiscal year 2026 Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to laws related to transportation
How we got this date
(b) The remaining sections shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
S.123 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to miscellaneous changes to laws related to motor vehicles
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (remaining sections).
remaining sections: (d) The remaining sections shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Wages (2)
H.461 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to expanding employee access to unpaid leave
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
S.117 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to wage and hour, unemployment compensation, and workers' compensation
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Budget (1)
H.493 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (All remaining sections).
All remaining sections: All remaining sections shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Civil Rights (1)
H.98 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to confirmatory adoptions and standby guardianships
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Sec. 1).
Sec. 1: 1 shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Defense (1)
H.154 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to designating November as the Vermont Month of the Veteran
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
Housing (1)
S.127 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to housing and housing development
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Taxes (1)
H.491 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to setting the homestead property tax yields and the nonhomestead property tax rate
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
Technology (1)
H.458 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to the Agency of Digital Services
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
Enacted, but not yet dated (3)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect July 1, 2025 too; the record doesn't say.
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- H.536ContingentAn act relating to toxic heavy metals in baby food productsAttorney General's written confirmation to the Speaker and Senate President Pro Tempore that a law with substantially comparable requirements has taken effect in California or two other states
- S.18ContingentAn act relating to licensure of freestanding birth centersJanuary 1, 2027 or the effective date of the birth center rules adopted by the Department of Health, whichever comes first
- S.325UnresolvedAn act relating to regional planning and Act 250 Tier jurisdictiontwo clauses set different dates for the same provision