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S0190Introduced in the Senate

An act relating to reference-based pricing and the Green Mountain Care Board

Vetoed

Introduced by Virginia Lyons, District CHI

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Official description

An act relating to reference-based pricing and the Green Mountain Care Board

Where it stands

Senate Message: Vetoed by Governor June 16, 2026

May 29, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Roll Call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 13 · May 28, 2026

17

Yes

13

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

30 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Ruth HardyADDYes
Steven HeffernanADDNo
Seth BongartzBENYes
Robert PlunkettBENYes
Scott BeckCALNo
Kesha Ram HinsdaleCHIYes
Virginia LyonsCHIYes
Philip BaruthCHIYes
Christopher MattosCHINo
Tanya VyhovskyCHIYes

Bill history

  1. Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare

  2. Entered on Notice Calendar

  3. Second Reading

  4. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare

  5. Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31

  6. Entered on Notice Calendar

  7. Second Reading

  8. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare

  9. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations

  10. Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons

  11. Second Reading

  12. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare

  13. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations

  14. Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons

  15. Unfinished Business/Second Reading

  16. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare

  17. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations

  18. Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons

  19. Unfinished Business/Second Reading

  20. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare

  21. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations

  22. Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons

  23. Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare

  24. Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment

  25. Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations

  26. Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare amended as moved by Senator Lyons, Benson, Cummings, and Morley

  27. Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare, as amended, agreed to

  28. 3rd reading ordered

  29. New Business/Third Reading

  30. Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Hardy

  31. Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Weeks

  32. Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Weeks, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 23, Nays = 6

  33. Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care

  34. Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment

  35. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)

  36. Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)

  37. Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment

  38. Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney

  39. Read second time

  40. Rep. Black of Essex reported for the Committee on Health Care

  41. Rep. Holcombe of Norwich recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means

  42. Rep. Dickinson of St. Albans Town recommended for the Committee on Appropriations

  43. Report of Committee on Health Care amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations

  44. Rep. McCoy of Poultney demanded yeas and nays

  45. Report of Committee on Health Care, as amended, agreed to

  46. Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 66 of 131 to Pass -- Yeas = 87, Nays = 44

  47. Third Reading ordered

  48. Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney

  49. Read third time

  50. Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment

  51. Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney

  52. House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment

  53. Entered on Notice Calendar

  54. House proposal of amendment

  55. House proposal of amendment

  56. House proposal of amendment; text

  57. House proposal of amendment concurred in

  58. Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Collamore

  59. Roll Call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 13

  60. Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in

  61. As passed by Senate and House

  62. Delivered to Governor on June 10, 2026

  63. Governor vetoed bill on June 16, 2026

  64. Senate Message: Vetoed by Governor June 16, 2026

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