# Vermont H.167: An act relating to establishing the Vermonters Feeding Vermonters Grant at the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets Vermont H.167, An act relating to establishing the Vermonters Feeding Vermonters Grant at the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, is a 2025-2026 Session House bill sponsored by Esme Cole (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-28 (House message: Governor approved bill on May 27, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-H167-2026 - 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.167 - State: Vermont - Session: 2025-2026 Session - Title: An act relating to establishing the Vermonters Feeding Vermonters Grant at the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-07 - Last action: 2025-05-28, House message: Governor approved bill on May 27, 2025 - Sponsor: Esme Cole (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 9 - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New local food grants for Vermont: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the law creates the Vermonters Feeding Vermonters Grant Program within Vermont’s agriculture agency. Grants support Vermont Foodbank purchases directly from Vermont farms for distribution through its network. The Foodbank also gives grants to network partners to buy food dir… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Esme Cole (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Christopher Morrow (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: David K Durfee (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Edward "Teddy" Waszazak (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Gregory "Greg" Burtt (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rep. Heather Surprenant - Cosponsor: Jed Lipsky (Independent), House - Cosponsor: Leland J Morgan (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michelle Bos-Lun (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Richard M Nelson (Republican), House ## Actions (35) - 2025-05-28: House message: Governor approved bill on May 27, 2025 (House) - 2025-05-28: Signed by Governor on May 27, 2025 (House) - 2025-05-21: Delivered to Governor on May 21, 2025 (House) - 2025-05-16: Senate Message: Passed in concurrence (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence (Senate) - 2025-05-15: New Business/Third Reading (Senate) - 2025-05-14: 3rd reading ordered (Senate) - 2025-05-14: Reported favorably by Senator Watson for Committee on Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-05-14: Reported favorably by Senator Heffernan for Committee on Agriculture (Senate) - 2025-05-14: Read 2nd time (Senate) - 2025-05-14: Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-05-14: Favorable report by Committee on Agriculture (Senate) - 2025-05-14: New Business/Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-05-13: Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-05-13: Favorable report by Committee on Agriculture (Senate) - 2025-05-13: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-05-13: Entered on Notice Calendar (Senate) - 2025-05-07: Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31 (Senate) - 2025-05-07: Favorable report by Committee on Agriculture (Senate) - 2025-05-07: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-05-07: Entered on Notice Calendar (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Agriculture (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Read third time and passed (House) - 2025-03-27: Action Calendar: Third Reading (House) - 2025-03-26: Third Reading ordered (House) - 2025-03-26: Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry, as amended, agreed to (House) - 2025-03-26: Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations (House) - 2025-03-26: Rep. Stevens of Waterbury recommended for the Committee on Appropriations (House) - 2025-03-26: Rep. Bos-Lun of Westminster reported for the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry (House) - 2025-03-26: Read second time (House) - 2025-03-26: Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment (House) - 2025-03-25: Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment (House) - 2025-03-18: Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a) (House) - 2025-03-18: Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment (House) - 2025-02-07: Read first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry (House) ## Bill text - As Enacted (ACT 34)Opens in a new window, 2025-06-03: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT034/ACT034%20As%20Enacted.pdf) - As Passed by Both Chambers, 2025-05-19: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0167/H-0167 As Passed by Both House and Senate Official.pdf) - As Passed by Both Chambers (Unofficial), 2025-05-19: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0167/H-0167 As Passed by Both House and Senate Unofficial.pdf) - As Passed by the House, 2025-03-28: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0167/H-0167 As passed by the House Official.pdf) - As Passed by the House (Unofficial), 2025-03-28: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0167/H-0167 As Passed by the House Unofficial.pdf) - As Introduced, 2025-02-06: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0167/H-0167 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 34)Opens in a new window (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT034/ACT034%20As%20Enacted.pdf) - [As Passed by Both Chambers (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0167/H-0167 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-0167/H-0167 As Passed by Both House and Senate Unofficial.pdf) - [As Passed by the House (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0167/H-0167 As passed by the House Official.pdf) - [As Passed by the House (Unofficial) (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0167/H-0167 As Passed by the House Unofficial.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0167/H-0167 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-H167-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).