H 927: An act relating to technical corrections for the 2026 legislative session - Vermont

As Passed by Both House and Senate (OfficialOpens in a new window) → As Passed by Both House and Senate (UnofficialOpens in a new window) · 2 edits

MINOR

This diff compares the official and unofficial versions of Vermont Bill H.927 as passed by both chambers. The changes are entirely formatting and presentation differences with no substantive policy changes. The official version includes legislative metadata (introducing committee, date, subject line, and statement of purpose) that is absent from the unofficial version, and the page count differs (110 vs 108) due to these formatting differences.

TECHNICAL

The introductory metadata block was removed in the unofficial version: the 'Introduced by Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs' line, the 'Date:' field, the 'Subject:' field, and the 'Statement of purpose of bill as introduced' paragraph. These are standard legislative formatting elements present only in the official enrolled copy.

Page headers changed from 'BILL AS PASSED BY THE HOUSE AND SENATE' to 'AS PASSED BY HOUSE AND SENATE' and page count changed from 110 to 108, reflecting different pagination between the two document formats.

As EnactedOpens in a new window → As Passed by Both House and Senate (OfficialOpens in a new window) · 5 edits

MODERATE

This is a technical corrections bill (H 927) that fixes numerous drafting errors across many Vermont statutes. The changes correct duplicate words and articles, fix incorrect cross-references to other sections, remove redundant pronoun constructions (likely from a failed find-and-replace), update terminology in a few places, and clean up formatting issues such as extra commas and spacing. No substantive policy changes are made.

TECHNICAL

Fixed duplicate words and articles throughout the bill, such as 'a the' to 'the', 'laws and, regulations' to 'laws and regulations', 'Senate Committees Committee' to 'Senate Committee', and 'subdivision subdivisions' to 'subdivisions'.

Corrected cross-reference errors including changing '14 V.S.A. section 551 314' to '14 V.S.A. section 314', 'chapter 13 18' to 'chapter 18', 'subdivision (A)(i)(A)(ii)' to 'subdivision (A)(ii)', and 'subdivision (39)(B)(38)(B)' to 'subdivision (38)(B)'.

Removed redundant pronoun constructions throughout, such as 'his or her the member's' to 'the member's', 'his or her a warrant' to 'a warrant', and 'he or she the individual' to 'the individual', which appear to be artifacts of a failed legislative drafting process.

Updated terminology in limited places: changed 'substance abuse use disorder' to 'use disorder' in mental health insurance provisions, changed 'nonconclusive noncollusive foreclosure sale' to 'noncollusive foreclosure sale' in the UCC, and removed redundant 'PROHIBITED' from a section heading about PFAS-containing personal protective equipment.

Fixed capitalization and formatting issues in Uniform Commercial Code sections (Title 9A), changing repeated instances of 'this state State' to 'State' and 'which that is' to 'that is', as well as correcting 'pre effective date pre-effective-date' to 'pre-effective-date'.

As Passed By the House (OfficialOpens in a new window) → As EnactedOpens in a new window · 8 edits

MODERATE

This is a technical corrections bill (H.927) that makes numerous small fixes to the Vermont Statutes Annotated for the 2026 session. The changes include updating gendered language to gender-neutral terms, correcting cross-references to other sections and chapters, fixing typographical errors such as duplicate words and stray commas, modernizing terminology (e.g., 'substance abuse' to 'substance use disorder'), and spelling out fractions in words. No substantive policy changes are introduced.

TECHNICAL

Replaced gendered pronouns ('his or her') with gender-neutral phrasing ('the member's', 'the employee's', 'the individual's') across multiple sections including retirement, Social Security, and aeronautics statutes.

Changed the word 'regulations' to 'rules' in numerous sections (e.g., 3 V.S.A. 2222, 2253, 2453, 3053, 5022, 6006) to align with current statutory drafting conventions.

Updated terminology from 'substance abuse' to 'substance use disorder' in 8 V.S.A. 4072(e)(2).

Corrected cross-references including changing 'chapter 13' to 'chapter 18' in 3 V.S.A. 533(7), fixing 'section 122 of this chapter' to 'subchapter' in 3 V.S.A. 123, and correcting a section reference from (39)(B) to (38)(B) in 8 V.S.A. 3461.

Added the abbreviation 'RDL' after 'ignition interlock' in 7 V.S.A. 656(b)(3) to clarify the restricted driver's license reference.

Spelled out fractions in words (e.g., '1 and one-fourth of a percent' instead of '1 1/4') throughout 3 V.S.A. 459 for clarity.

Removed the term 'nonconclusive' from 9 V.S.A. 2287(b), leaving only 'noncollusive foreclosure sale.'

Fixed numerous typographical errors including duplicate words ('Committees Committee', 'a the'), stray commas, incorrect articles, and capitalization issues throughout the bill.

As IntroducedOpens in a new window → As Passed By the House (UnofficialOpens in a new window) · 1 edit · Apr 24, 2026

MINOR

H.927 is a technical corrections bill for the 2026 Vermont legislative session. The primary substantive change between the introduced and House-passed versions adds a bipartisan requirement to the Senate membership of the Joint Carbon Emissions Reduction Committee, specifying that the five Senate members must not all be from the same political party. All other changes are formatting updates consistent with the bill moving from introduction to passage.

REQUIREMENT

Added a bipartisan composition requirement for the Senate members of the Joint Carbon Emissions Reduction Committee (2 V.S.A. 601(a)). The introduced version required only that five Representatives not all be from the same party; the passed version adds the same 'not all from the same political party' requirement to the five Senate members appointed by the Committee on Committees.

As Passed By the House (UnofficialOpens in a new window) → As Passed By the House (OfficialOpens in a new window) · 3 edits · Apr 24, 2026

MINOR

This diff compares the unofficial and official versions of H.927, a Vermont bill making technical corrections to the Vermont Statutes Annotated for the 2026 legislative session. The changes are entirely formatting and administrative: the header label was updated, introductory metadata (sponsor committee, subject line, and statement of purpose) was added to the official version, and page numbering conventions were adjusted. No substantive policy language changed between the two versions.

TECHNICAL

The official version adds a block of introductory metadata including the sponsoring committee (Government Operations and Military Affairs), a subject line, and a statement of purpose explaining the bill makes technical corrections to the Vermont Statutes Annotated.

The page header label changed from 'AS PASSED BY HOUSE' to 'BILL AS PASSED BY THE HOUSE' throughout the document.

Line numbering and formatting conventions were adjusted between the unofficial and official versions, with some lines in the official version left unnumbered where they were numbered in the unofficial version.

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