Vermont legislation · 2025-2026 Session
Vermont H772: An act relating to residential rental agreements, eviction procedures, and the creation of the positive rental payment credit reporting pilot program
Status: Passed one chamber, March 25, 2026
What the bill says
An act relating to residential rental agreements, eviction procedures, and the creation of the positive rental payment credit reporting pilot program It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: * * * Termination of Residential Rental Agreement * * *.
From the engrossed text, March 27, 2026:
An act relating to residential rental agreements, eviction procedures, and the creation of the positive rental payment credit reporting pilot program It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: * * * Termination of Residential Rental Agreement * * * Sec. 1. 9 V.S.A. chapter 137 is amended to read: CHAPTER 137. RESIDENTIALRENTALAGREEMENTS BILLAS PASSED BY THE HOUSE H.772 2026 Page 2 of Subchapter 1. General § 4451. DEFINITIONS As used in this chapter: (1)(A) "Actual notice" means receipt of written notice (ii) delivered by sheriff service; (iii) mailed to the last known address or the address provided in the residential rental agreement; (iv) posted on the door of the dwelling unit and mailed as described in subdivision (iii) of this subdivision (1)(A); or (v) emailed to an email address included in the lease agreement and mailed as described in subdivision (iii) of this subdivision (1)(A). (B) A rebuttable presumption that the notice was received three days after mailing is created if the sending party proves that the notice was sent by first-class or certified U.S. mail. * * * (11) "Immediate family" means: (A) an adult person related by blood, adoption, marriage, or as defined or described in similar law in another jurisdiction; (B) an unmarried parent of a joint child; (C) a child, …
Sponsors
- Marc Mihaly (D, Washington-6) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : 3rd reading refused on roll call, requested by Senator [Ram Hinsdale], [Failed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 15, Nays = 16]
- : Roll Call, Requested by Sen. [Ram Hinsdale]
- : Proposal of amendment by Committee on [Judiciary], as amended, agreed to
- : Proposal of amendment by Committee on [Judiciary] amended as recommended by Committee on [Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs]
- : Proposal of amendment not agreed to
- : Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) [Ram Hinsdale and Chittenden]; text
- : Roll Call, requested by Senator [Weeks], [Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 12]
- : Roll Call, Requested by Sen. [Weeks]
- : Motion to substitute [proposal of] amendment agreed to
- : Senator(s) [Hashim] motion to substitute proposal of amendment; text
Votes
- Roll Call, requested by Senator [Weeks], [Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 12] (May 27, 2026): 17 yea, 12 nay, passed
- 3rd reading refused on roll call, requested by Senator [Ram Hinsdale], [Failed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 15, Nays = 16] (May 27, 2026): 15 yea, 15 nay, failed
- Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call [Failed -- Needed 61 of 122 to Pass -- Yeas = 33, Nays = 89] (March 27, 2026): 33 yea, 89 nay, failed
- Which was agreed to on a Roll Call [Passed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 120, Nays = 21] (March 25, 2026): 120 yea, 21 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H772?
- H772 is a bill in the Vermont Legislature (2025-2026 Session): An act relating to residential rental agreements, eviction procedures, and the creation of the positive rental payment credit reporting pilot program.
- What does H772 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to residential rental agreements, eviction procedures, and the creation of the positive rental payment credit reporting pilot program It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: * * * Termination of Residential Rental Agreement * * *.
- What is the status of H772?
- Passed one chamber as of March 25, 2026. Latest action: 3rd reading refused on roll call, requested by Senator [Ram Hinsdale], [Failed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 15, Nays = 16] (May 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored H772?
- Marc Mihaly (D, Washington-6).
- Where is the official record for H772?
- On the Vermont Legislature website: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.772
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