# Vermont H.229: An act relating to establishing the Farm and Forestry Operations Security Special Fund to provide grants for losses to farms and forestry operations due to weather conditions

Vermont H.229, An act relating to establishing the Farm and Forestry Operations Security Special Fund to provide grants for losses to farms and forestry operations due to weather conditions, is a 2025-2026 Session House bill sponsored by Mollie S. S Burke (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-02-18 (Read first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Vermont H.229
- State: Vermont
- Session: 2025-2026 Session
- Title: An act relating to establishing the Farm and Forestry Operations Security Special Fund to provide grants for losses to farms and forestry operations due to weather conditions
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-18
- Last action: 2025-02-18, Read first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- Sponsor: Mollie S. S Burke (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Mollie S. S Burke (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Gregory "Greg" Burtt (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rep.  Heather Surprenant
- Cosponsor: John K O'Brien (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lucy Boyden (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michelle Bos-Lun (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Richard M Nelson (Republican), House

## Actions (1)

- 2025-02-18: Read first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced, 2025-02-14: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0229/H-0229 As Introduced.pdf)

## Related bills

- H.211: An act relating to data brokers and personal information (signed)
- S.326: An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to laws relating to motor vehicles (signed)
- S.323: An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects (signed)
- S.313: An act relating to transforming Vermont’s career technical education system (signed)
- S.328: An act relating to housing and common interest communities (signed)
- S.327: An act relating to economic development (signed)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0229/H-0229 As Introduced.pdf)

## Related
- [H.211: An act relating to data brokers and personal information](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-H211-2026)
- [S.326: An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to laws relating to motor vehicles](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S326-2026)
- [S.323: An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S323-2026)
- [S.313: An act relating to transforming Vermont’s career technical education system](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S313-2026)
- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-H229-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).