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Read. Follow. Verify.Vermont bill establishes new health, safety, and emergency planning mandates for children's day and residential camps
Last action · January 28, 2026: Read first time and referred to the Committee on Human ServicesSponsors: William Greer and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill requires all residential and day children's camps in Vermont to obtain approval for emergency plans from a newly created Children's Camp Health and Safety Team, maintain specific communication and warning infrastructure, and provide written flood hazard disclosures to parents.
Camp operators must invest in new emergency equipment like weather radios and public address systems, submit annual safety plans months before opening, and comply with mandatory staff training requirements to maintain their operating licenses.
- Children's camps in Vermont are regulated under food and lodging establishment statutes managed by the Department of Health. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Children's camps
Camps must adopt approved emergency plans, install redundant internet and warning infrastructure, maintain weather radios, conduct staff training, and submit to state inspections to maintain operating licenses.
Campers and parents
Parents receive mandatory emergency plan details, flood hazard disclosures, and complaint access, while campers participate in safety orientations and benefit from enhanced emergency procedures.
Camp staff and volunteers
Staff and volunteers must successfully complete annual training on the camp's emergency plan prior to the arrival of campers.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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When must children's camps submit their emergency plans?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Jan 28, 2026HouseIntroducedRead first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services
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Expansion of Licensure to Day Camps
The legislation broadens existing oversight by explicitly extending licensure and rigorous emergency planning requirements to day camps alongside residential camps.
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Sources
legislature.vermont.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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