Vermont legislation · 2025-2026 Session
Vermont H67: An act relating to legislative operations and government accountability
Status: Passed one chamber, April 1, 2026
What the bill says
An act relating to legislative operations and government accountability It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: * * * Purpose and Findings * * *.
From the engrossed text, March 27, 2026:
An act relating to legislative operations and government accountability It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: * * * Purpose and Findings * * * Sec. 1. PURPOSE (a) The purpose of this act is to actuate the principle of government accountability by focusing on how evidence is used to inform policy, how our State laws are carried out, and how legislation can best be formed to achieve its intended outcomes. This act strives to systematize government accountability efforts as much as possible with simple, clear, independent, BILLAS PASSED BY THE HOUSE H.67 2025 Page 2 of objective, and fact-based processes rather than to rely upon individual legislators or individual committees to be effective. (b) Government accountability means the principle of demanding that legislation succeeds in achieving its stated policy goals through the provision of means by which to measure whether the policy goals have been met. The metrics for determining whether success has been achieved are as important as the goals themselves. (c) Government oversight means the mechanisms put into place to ensure that the bodies of government tasked with executing legislative intent are properly doing so. Oversight by the General Assembly is the examination of the processes followed and the information produced by government officials executing the law to determine whether those …
Sponsors
- Lucy Boyden (D, Lamoille-3) · primary sponsor
- Chea Waters Evans (D, Chittenden-5) · primary sponsor
- Golrang Garofano (D, Chittenden-23)
Latest actions
- : Read 1st time & referred to Committee on [Government Operations]
- : Read third time and passed
- : Rep. [Sibilia of Dover, Donahue of Northfield, Headrick of Burlington, and Lipsky of Stowe] moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
- : Action Calendar: Action postponed until [March 27, 2026]
- : Rep. [Waters Evans of Charlotte] moved to postpone action until [March 27, 2026], which was agreed to
- : Action Calendar: Third Reading
- : Third Reading ordered
- : Report of Committee on [Government Operations and Military Affairs], as amended, agreed to
- : Report of Committee on [Government Operations and Military Affairs] amended as recommended by Committee on [Appropriations]
- : Rep. [Stevens of Waterbury] recommended for the Committee on [Appropriations]
Common questions
- What is H67?
- H67 is a bill in the Vermont Legislature (2025-2026 Session): An act relating to legislative operations and government accountability.
- What does H67 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to legislative operations and government accountability It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: * * * Purpose and Findings * * *.
- What is the status of H67?
- Passed one chamber as of April 1, 2026. Latest action: Read 1st time & referred to Committee on [Government Operations] (April 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored H67?
- Lucy Boyden (D, Lamoille-3), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H67?
- On the Vermont Legislature website: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.67
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