H 190 Vermont House · 2023-2024 Regular Session

An act relating to removing the residency requirement from Vermont’s patient choice at end of life laws

This bill removes the Vermont residency requirement for patients seeking end-of-life medication under the state's patient choice laws. It directly affects non-resident patients who are 18 or older and under a Vermont physician's care. The key change allows physicians to prescribe medication to hasten death for terminal patients regardless of where they live, while maintaining requirements for terminal diagnosis, decision-making capacity, informed consent, and voluntary requests. The law also protects physicians from civil, criminal, or disciplinary liability when they follow these procedures.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Feb 7, 2023 Signed May 2, 2023
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As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official) As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial) · 3 edits
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This diff compares the official and unofficial versions of the same passed bill (H.190). The changes are entirely formatting and presentation differences: the official version includes introductory metadata (sponsor names, committee referral, subject line, statement of purpose) that is absent from the unofficial version, page counts differ (3 pages vs. 2), and a legislative tracking number was added. No substantive legal text was changed between the two versions.
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The official version's introductory block listing sponsoring representatives, committee referral line, date field, subject line, and statement of purpose was removed in the unofficial version.

A short title line ('An act relating to removing the residency requirement from Vermont's patient choice at end of life laws') appears as a standalone heading in the unofficial version where it was embedded within the introductory block in the official version.

Page count changed from 3 pages (official) to 2 pages (unofficial), and a legislative tracking number (VT LEG #369753 v.1) was added to the unofficial version's page header.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
7
Committee
4
May 2, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by Governor on May 2, 2023
executive
Apr 26, 2023
Lower · Passed
Delivered to the Governor on April 26, 2023
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Senate Message: Passed in concurrence
lower
Apr 18, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered
upper
Apr 18, 2023
Upper · Passed
Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare
upper
Apr 14, 2023
Upper · Passed
Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare
upper
Feb 22, 2023
Introduced
Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare
upper
Feb 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
Rep. Garofano of Essex reported for the Committee on Human Services
lower
Feb 7, 2023
Introduced
Read first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

Sponsors