S.27
An act relating to medical debt relief and excluding medical debt from credit reports
Sponsors:
Sen. Virginia Lyons
,
Sen. Philip Baruth, Sen. Scott Beck, Sen. Seth Bongartz, Sen. Patrick Brennan, Sen. Thomas Chittenden, Sen. Alison Clarkson, Sen. Brian Collamore, Sen. Ann Cummings, Sen. Martine Gulick, Sen. Ruth Hardy, Sen. Wendy Harrison, Sen. Larry Hart, Sen. Nader Hashim, Sen. Joseph Major, Sen. Robert Norris, Sen. Robert Plunkett, Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky, Sen. Anne Watson, Sen. Richard Westman, Sen. Rebecca White
Last Recorded Action: 5/6/2025 - As passed by Senate and House
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2025-2026
House Committee on Appropriations
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Nolan Langweil, Principal Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Rep. Woodman Page, Bill Reporter, House Committee on Health Care
- Michael Pieciak, Vermont State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
House Committee on Health Care
- Heather Bauman, Vice President for Healthcare, American Federation for Teachers Vermont
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Ernie Davis, Senior Director-Northeast Govt. Affairs, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
- Chris Delia, President, Vermont Bankers' Association
- James Diossa, Treasurer, State of Rhode Island
- Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Amendment Sponsor, House Committee On Human Services
- Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Sponsor, House Committee On Human Services
- Mike Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid
- Charlie Gliserman, Director of Policy, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
- Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
- Rep. Rob North, Representative, Amendment Sponsor
- Michael Pieciak, Vermont State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
- Liz Scharf, Director of Community Economic Development and Food Security, Capstone Community Action
- Emma Zavez, Consumer Research and Health Policy Analyst, Office of the Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid
House Committee on Ways and Means
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Nolan Langweil, Principal Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Rebecca Sameroff, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Taxes
- Rebecca Wasserman, Director of Economic Empowerment, Office of the State Treasurer
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Gavin Boyles, Deputy Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Nolan Langweil, Principal Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Sen. Virginia "Ginny" Lyons, Sponsor, Chittenden-Southeast District
Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Chris D'Elia, President, Vermont Bankers' Association
- Ernie Davis, Senior Director-Northeast Govt. Affairs, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
- Chris Delia, President, Vermont Bankers' Association
- Mike Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid
- Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
- Sen. Virginia "Ginny" Lyons, Sponsor
- Michael Pieciak, Vermont State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
- Franci Wayland, Vice President, Public Policy and Government Relations, PRA Group