# Vermont H.105: An act relating to expanding the Youth Substance Awareness Safety Program Vermont H.105, An act relating to expanding the Youth Substance Awareness Safety Program, is a 2025-2026 Session House bill sponsored by Karen N Dolan (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-06-09 (House message: Governor approved bill on June 5, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-H105-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Vermont H.105 - State: Vermont - Session: 2025-2026 Session - Title: An act relating to expanding the Youth Substance Awareness Safety Program - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-28 - Last action: 2025-06-09, House message: Governor approved bill on June 5, 2025 - Sponsor: Karen N Dolan (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Young drivers gain suspension record privacy: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, covered underage impaired-driving suspension records are private and exempt from public inspection or copying. Release generally requires the participant's prior consent. Police can access the information to check for a previous violation. Insurers and their contractors can… - Driving treatment must consider younger drivers: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Vermont's Department of Health Division of Substance Use Programs administers the Alcohol and Driving Program. It must consider the particular treatment needs of drivers under 21. This requirement does not set a household payment or benefit amount. - Young drivers face suspensions and fines: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, drivers ages 12–20 face civil violations for driving, attempting to drive, or controlling a vehicle on a highway with blood alcohol of at least 0.02. Refusing a preliminary breath test also counts as a violation. Initial license suspensions are 90 days for a first offense an… - Younger teens enter alcohol diversion programs: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, covered alcohol rules apply to ages 12–20, down from 16–20. They cover knowingly giving a false age to obtain alcohol, possessing alcohol, or drinking unlawfully. The law repeals the separate under-16 alcohol delinquency rule and requires county diversion and Youth Substance… - Youth cannabis rules require program completion: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, people ages 12–20 cannot knowingly and unlawfully possess cannabis within the listed amounts. These are one ounce or less of cannabis, five grams or less of hashish, two or fewer mature plants, or four or fewer immature plants. Covered violations require enrollment in the Yo… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Karen N Dolan (Democratic), House ## Actions (32) - 2025-06-09: House message: Governor approved bill on June 5, 2025 (House) - 2025-06-05: Signed by Governor on June 5, 2025 (House) - 2025-05-30: Delivered to Governor on May 30, 2025 (House) - 2025-05-29: House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment (House) - 2025-05-28: Senate proposal of amendment concurred in (House) - 2025-05-28: Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney (House) - 2025-05-28: Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment (House) - 2025-05-23: Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment (Senate) - 2025-05-22: New Business/Third Reading (Senate) - 2025-05-21: 3rd reading ordered (Senate) - 2025-05-21: Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary, as amended, agreed to (Senate) - 2025-05-21: Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary amended as moved by Senator(s) Hashim (Senate) - 2025-05-21: Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Hashim for Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-05-21: Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Hashim (Senate) - 2025-05-21: Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-05-21: Unfinished Business/Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-05-20: Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-05-20: New Business/Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-05-16: Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-05-16: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-05-16: Entered on Notice Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Read third time and passed (House) - 2025-03-13: Action Calendar: Third Reading (House) - 2025-03-12: Third Reading ordered (House) - 2025-03-12: Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to (House) - 2025-03-12: Rep. Goodnow of Brattleboro reported for the Committee on Judiciary (House) - 2025-03-12: Read second time (House) - 2025-03-12: Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment (House) - 2025-03-11: Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment (House) - 2025-01-28: Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary (House) ## Bill text - As Enacted (ACT 45)Opens in a new window, 2025-06-11: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT045/ACT045%20As%20Enacted.pdf) - As Passed by Both Chambers, 2025-05-30: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0105/H-0105 As Passed by Both House and Senate Official.pdf) - As Passed by Both Chambers (Unofficial), 2025-05-30: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0105/H-0105 As Passed by Both House and Senate Unofficial.pdf) - Senate Proposal of Amendment, 2025-05-27: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0105/H-0105 Senate proposal of amendment Official.pdf) - Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial), 2025-05-27: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0105/H-0105 Senate Proposal of Amendment Unofficial.pdf) - As Passed by the House (Unofficial), 2025-03-18: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0105/H-0105 As Passed by the House Unofficial.pdf) - As Passed by the House, 2025-03-14: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0105/H-0105 As passed by the House Official.pdf) - As Introduced, 2025-01-27: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0105/H-0105 As Introduced.pdf) ## Related bills - S.328: An act relating to housing and common interest communities (signed) - S.327: An act relating to economic development (signed) - S.313: An act relating to transforming Vermont’s career technical education system (signed) - S.323: An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects (signed) - S.326: An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to laws relating to motor vehicles (signed) - S.298: An act relating to voter protections (signed) ## Sources - [As Enacted (ACT 45)Opens in a new window (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT045/ACT045%20As%20Enacted.pdf) - [As Passed by Both Chambers (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0105/H-0105 As Passed by Both House and Senate Official.pdf) - [As Passed by Both Chambers (Unofficial) (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0105/H-0105 As Passed by Both House and Senate Unofficial.pdf) - [Senate Proposal of Amendment (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0105/H-0105 Senate proposal of amendment Official.pdf) - [Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial) (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0105/H-0105 Senate Proposal of Amendment Unofficial.pdf) - [As Passed by the House (Unofficial) (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0105/H-0105 As Passed by the House Unofficial.pdf) - [As Passed by the House (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0105/H-0105 As passed by the House Official.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0105/H-0105 As Introduced.pdf) ## Related - [S.328: An act relating to housing and common interest communities](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S328-2026) - [S.327: An act relating to economic development](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S327-2026) - [S.313: An act relating to transforming Vermont’s career technical education system](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S313-2026) - [S.323: An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S323-2026) - [S.326: An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to laws relating to motor vehicles](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S326-2026) - [S.298: An act relating to voter protections](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S298-2026) - [Vermont bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/vermont/bills) - [Vermont state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/vermont) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-H105-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).