New Vermont laws taking effect January 1, 2026
3 laws take effect January 1, 2026.
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 (2)
H.266 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to the 340B prescription drug pricing program
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Sec. 4 (§ 9407; outpatient prescription drugs; limitations on hospital charges)).
Sec. 4 (§ 9407; outpatient prescription drugs; limitations on hospital charges): shall take effect on January 1, 2026
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
H.35 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to unmerging the individual and small group health insurance markets
How we got this date
This act shall take effect on January 1, 2026.
Climate (1)
H.238 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
An act relating to the phaseout of consumer products containing added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Sec. 1).
Sec. 1: shall take effect on January 1, 2026
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
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 January 1, 2026 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