Vermont H 816 — An act relating to regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the provision of mental health services
Vermont, 2025-2026. H 816: An act relating to regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the provision of mental health services
Latest action
May 29, 2026 — House message: Governor approved bill on June 17, 2026
Summary
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Sponsors
- Daisy Berbeco — primary sponsor
- Angela Arsenault — primary sponsor
- Monique Priestley — primary sponsor
Bill text
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Recorded votes
No roll-call votes were supplied for this bill. This does not imply that no vote occurred.
Legislative history
- House message: Governor approved bill on June 17, 2026
- Signed by Governor on June 17, 2026
- Delivered to Governor on June 11, 2026
- House message: House adopted Conference Committee report
- Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill)
- Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- Notice Calendar: Report of Committee of Conference
- Senate Message: Report of Committee of Conference adopted
- Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth
- Committee of Conference report adopted
- Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Gulick for Committee, text
- Committee of Conference report
- Committee of Conference report
- Entered on Notice Calendar
- Senate Message: Committee of Conference members appointed
- Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Gulick, Lyons, and Benson
- House message: House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
- Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- Speaker appointed Reps. Berbeco of Winooski, Cina of Burlington, and Taylor of Mendon as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- Senate proposal of amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Black of Essex
- Action Calendar: Action postponed until May 15, 2026
- Rep. Black of Essex moved to postpone action until May 15, 2026, which was agreed to
- Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment
- Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment
- Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
- Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
- Pending third reading, Senator Hashim and Lyons proposal of amendment, agreed to
- New Business/Third Reading
- 3rd reading ordered
- Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Benson for Committee on Health and Welfare
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- New Business/Second Reading
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- Second Reading
- Entered on Notice Calendar
- Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare
- Read third time and passed
- Action Calendar: Third Reading
- Third Reading ordered
- Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to
- Rep. Critchlow of Colchester reported for the Committee on Health Care
- Read second time
- Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care
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