# Vermont S.46: An act relating to the taxation of vehicles used for forestry operations Vermont S.46, An act relating to the taxation of vehicles used for forestry operations, is a 2025-2026 Session Senate bill sponsored by Rebecca "Becca" E White (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-04-08 (Rep. Kornheiser of Brattleboro moved that the Committee on Ways and Means be relieved of the bill and that the same be committed to the Committee on Transportation, which was agreed to) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S46-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Vermont S.46 - State: Vermont - Session: 2025-2026 Session - Title: An act relating to the taxation of vehicles used for forestry operations - Status: failed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-04 - Last action: 2025-04-08, Rep. Kornheiser of Brattleboro moved that the Committee on Ways and Means be relieved of the bill and that the same be committed to the Committee on Transportation, which was agreed to - Sponsor: Rebecca "Becca" E White (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 8 - 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: Rebecca "Becca" E White (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Andrew J Perchlik (Democrat/Progressive), Senate - Cosponsor: Brian P Collamore (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Christopher P Mattos (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: David H Weeks (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Sen. Larry Hart - Cosponsor: Patrick "Pat" M Brennan (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Sen. Samuel Douglass - Cosponsor: Scott L Beck (Republican), Senate ## Actions (23) - 2025-04-08: Rep. Kornheiser of Brattleboro moved that the Committee on Ways and Means be relieved of the bill and that the same be committed to the Committee on Transportation, which was agreed to (House) - 2025-04-01: Read first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means (House) - 2025-03-27: Read 3rd time & passed (Senate) - 2025-03-27: New Business/Third Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-26: 3rd reading ordered (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Transportation, as amended, agreed to (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Motion agreed to (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Senator(s) Chittenden, Hardy, Gulick, Cummings, Mattos, Brock, and Beck motion to amend recommendation of amendment; text (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Reported favorably by Senator Chittenden for Committee on Finance (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Brennan for Committee on Transportation (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator Chittenden, Hardy, Gulick, Cummings, Mattos, Brock, and Beck (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Favorable report by Committee on Finance (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Transportation (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Favorable report by Committee on Finance (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Transportation (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Entered on Notice Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31 (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Transportation (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Entered on Notice Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Transportation (Senate) ## Bill text - As Passed by the Senate, 2025-03-31: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0046/S-0046 As passed by the Senate Official.pdf) - As Passed by the Senate (Unofficial), 2025-03-31: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0046/S-0046 As Passed by the Senate Unofficial.pdf) - As Introduced, 2025-02-03: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0046/S-0046 As Introduced.pdf) ## Related bills - H.955: An act relating to next steps in transforming Vermont’s education system (signed) - H.951: An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government (signed) - H.957: An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Williston (signed) - H.952: An act relating to capital construction and State bonding budget adjustment (signed) - H.921: An act relating to alcoholic beverages (signed) - H.915: An act relating to establishing an extended producer responsibility program for beverage containers (signed) ## Sources - [As Passed by the Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0046/S-0046 As passed by the Senate Official.pdf) - [As Passed by the Senate (Unofficial) (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0046/S-0046 As Passed by the Senate Unofficial.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0046/S-0046 As Introduced.pdf) ## Related - [H.955: An act relating to next steps in transforming Vermont’s education system](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-H955-2026) - [H.951: An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-H951-2026) - [H.957: An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Willist…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-H957-2026) - [H.952: An act relating to capital construction and State bonding budget adjustment](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-H952-2026) - [H.921: An act relating to alcoholic beverages](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-H921-2026) - [H.915: An act relating to establishing an extended producer responsibility program for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-H915-2026) - [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-S46-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).