# Vermont H.118: An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes

Vermont H.118, An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes, is a 2025-2026 Session House bill sponsored by Angela Arsenault (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-04-30 (House message: Governor approved bill on April 29, 2025) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Vermont H.118
- State: Vermont
- Session: 2025-2026 Session
- Title: An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-29
- Last action: 2025-04-30, House message: Governor approved bill on April 29, 2025
- Sponsor: Angela Arsenault (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Vermont expands hate-crime protections and penalties: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, Vermont expands hate-crime protections and the conduct subject to hate-crime penalties. The law covers anyone who commits, causes, or attempts a crime motivated partly or fully by protected status. This includes another person's or group's actual or perceived status; it need…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Angela Arsenault (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Martin J LaLonde (Democratic), House

## Actions (22)

- 2025-04-30: House message: Governor approved bill on April 29, 2025 (House)
- 2025-04-29: Signed by Governor on April 29, 2025 (House)
- 2025-04-23: Delivered to Governor on April 23, 2025 (House)
- 2025-04-18: Senate Message: Passed in concurrence (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: New Business/Third Reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Reported favorably by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Judiciary, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: New Business/Second Reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Second Reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Entered on Notice Calendar (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Read third time and passed (House)
- 2025-02-11: Action Calendar: Third Reading (House)
- 2025-02-07: Third Reading ordered (House)
- 2025-02-07: Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to (House)
- 2025-02-07: Rep. Arsenault of Williston reported for the Committee on Judiciary (House)
- 2025-02-07: Read second time (House)
- 2025-02-07: Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment (House)
- 2025-02-06: On Notice Calendar (House)
- 2025-01-29: Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary (House)

## Bill text

- As Enacted (ACT 8)Opens in a new window, 2025-05-06: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT008/ACT008%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
- As Passed by Both Chambers, 2025-04-22: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0118/H-0118 As Passed by Both House and Senate Official.pdf)
- As Passed by Both Chambers (Unofficial), 2025-04-22: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0118/H-0118 As Passed by Both House and Senate Unofficial.pdf)
- As Passed by the House, 2025-02-12: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0118/H-0118 As passed by the House Official.pdf)
- As Passed by the House (Unofficial), 2025-02-12: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0118/H-0118 As Passed by the House Unofficial.pdf)
- As Introduced, 2025-01-28: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0118/H-0118 As Introduced.pdf)

## Related bills

- S.327: An act relating to economic development (signed)
- S.328: An act relating to housing and common interest communities (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.313: An act relating to transforming Vermont’s career technical education system (signed)
- S.298: An act relating to voter protections (signed)

## Sources
- [As Enacted (ACT 8)Opens in a new window (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT008/ACT008%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
- [As Passed by Both Chambers (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0118/H-0118 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-0118/H-0118 As Passed by Both House and Senate Unofficial.pdf)
- [As Passed by the House (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0118/H-0118 As passed by the House Official.pdf)
- [As Passed by the House (Unofficial) (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0118/H-0118 As Passed by the House Unofficial.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0118/H-0118 As Introduced.pdf)

## Related
- [S.327: An act relating to economic development](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S327-2026)
- [S.328: An act relating to housing and common interest communities](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S328-2026)
- [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.313: An act relating to transforming Vermont’s career technical education system](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S313-2026)
- [S.298: An act relating to voter protections](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S298-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-H118-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).