Vermont legislation · 2025-2026 Session
Vermont S60: An act relating to establishing the Farm and Forestry Operations Security Special Fund to provide payments for farm and forestry operation losses due to weather conditions
Status: Signed into law, March 11, 2026
What the bill says
An act relating to establishing the Farm and Forestry Operations Security Special Fund to provide payments for farm and forestry operation losses due to weather conditions. (S.60) It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont.
From the chaptered text, March 26, 2026:
An act relating to establishing the Farm and Forestry Operations Security Special Fund to provide payments for farm and forestry operation losses due to weather conditions. (S.60) It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: Sec. 1. FINDINGS The General Assembly finds that: (1) In 2023 and 2024, Vermont experienced extreme flooding and other weather-based disasters that devastated farms and other working lands businesses across the State. (2) Many existing State and federal programs that are designed to support farms and forestry operations are difficult to access, are administratively burdensome, are not equitably distributed to small- and medium-scale farmers and forestry operations, and currently do not meet the needs of Vermont farmers and forestry operations in a holistic way. (3) In particular, because federal crop insurance programs are not designed to serve the needs of smaller scale or more diversified farming operations, many Vermont farmers are not covered by crop insurance. (4) The State should establish a permanent funding support program to: (A) maintain the viability of farms and forestry operations in Vermont in order to ensure food security, resilience, rural economic vitality, and environmental health; VT LEG #388355 v.1 No. 78 Page 2 of 10 (B) continuously invest in farms and forestry operations in a way that makes them more resilient to current and …
Sponsors
- Ruth Hardy (D, Addison District) · primary sponsor
- Steven Heffernan (R, Addison District)
- Joseph Major (D, Windsor District)
- Robert Plunkett (D, Bennington District)
Latest actions
- : Senate Message: Signed by Governor [March 26, 2026]
- : Signed by Governor on [March 26, 2026]
- : Delivered to Governor on [March 20, 2026]
- : Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in
- : As passed by Senate and House
- : Title amended
- : House proposal of amendment concurred in
- : Reported favorably by Senator [Collamore] for Committee on [Agriculture]
- : House proposal of amendment; text
- : Favorable report by Committee on [Agriculture]
Common questions
- What is S60?
- S60 is a bill in the Vermont Legislature (2025-2026 Session): An act relating to establishing the Farm and Forestry Operations Security Special Fund to provide payments for farm and forestry operation losses due to weather conditions.
- What does S60 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to establishing the Farm and Forestry Operations Security Special Fund to provide payments for farm and forestry operation losses due to weather conditions. (S.60) It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont.
- What is the status of S60?
- Signed into law as of March 11, 2026. Latest action: Senate Message: Signed by Governor [March 26, 2026] (March 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored S60?
- Ruth Hardy (D, Addison District), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S60?
- On the Vermont Legislature website: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/S.60
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