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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An act relating to expungement"
+description: "An act relating to expungement"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
+legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "H. 171"
+citation: "Vermont H. 171 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Maxine Grad"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-01"
+last_action: "2017-06-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59d82df6-a2c5-4bbf-9576-1c1517570a13"
+source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/411"
+source_hash: "211ef62d01ae4bf2174a6939b2fdd25bfea3d67682bd13055c43efabb7922281"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-vt"]
+---
+
+# Vermont H. 171 (2017-2018) — An act relating to expungement
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0171/H-0171%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
+2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT057/ACT057%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
+3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT057/ACT057%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
+4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0171/H-0171%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
+5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0171/H-0171%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 72 of 142 to Pass -- Yeas = 61, Nays = 81 — **61–81** (fail) · legislature
+- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 140 to Pass -- Yeas = 89, Nays = 51 — **89–51** (pass) · legislature
+- Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 55, Nays = 86 — **55–86** (fail) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Maxine Grad — primary (person)
+- Charles "Chip" Conquest — cosponsor (person)
+- Less… — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin LaLonde — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruqaiyah "Kiah" Morris — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Burditt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-01** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
+- **2017-03-01** Read Second Time
+- **2017-03-01** Rep. Lalonde of South Burlington reported for the committee on Judiciary
+- **2017-03-01** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to.
+- **2017-03-01** Third Reading Ordered
+- **2017-03-02** Rep. Murphy of Fairfax and Donahue of Northfield moved to amend the bill
+- **2017-03-02** Which was disagreed to
+- **2017-03-02** Rep. Browning of Arlington moved to amend the bill
+- **2017-03-02** Rep. Lucke of Hartford asked that the question be divided
+- **2017-03-02** Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 55, Nays = 86
+- **2017-03-02** First Instance of amendment disagreed to
+- **2017-03-02** Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 72 of 142 to Pass -- Yeas = 61, Nays = 81
+- **2017-03-02** Second instance of amendment disagreed to
+- **2017-03-02** Read Third time
+- **2017-03-02** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 140 to Pass -- Yeas = 89, Nays = 51
+- **2017-03-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2017-03-03** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2017-04-04** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
+- **2017-04-05** New Business/Second Reading
+- **2017-04-05** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
+- **2017-04-06** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
+- **2017-04-06** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
+- **2017-04-07** New Business/Third Reading
+- **2017-04-06** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Benning for Committee on Judiciary
+- **2017-04-06** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
+- **2017-04-06** 3rd reading ordered
+- **2017-04-07** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
+- **2017-04-11** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
+- **2017-04-13** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
+- **2017-04-13** Senate Proposal of Amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Lalonde of South Burlington
+- **2017-04-13** Speaker appointed Lalonde of South Burlington, Conquest of Newbury and Willhoit of St. Johnsbury as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
+- **2017-04-14** House message House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
+- **2017-04-20** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Nitka, Sears, and Benning
+- **2017-05-03** Committee of Conference Report
+- **2017-05-04** New Business/Committee of Conference Report
+- **2017-05-04** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Sears for Committee, text
+- **2017-05-04** Committee of Conference report adopted
+- **2017-05-04** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
+- **2017-05-05** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
+- **2017-05-05** Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill) `passage`
+- **2017-05-16** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
+- **2017-05-30** Delivered to the Governor on May 30, 2017 `passage`
+- **2017-06-05** Signed by Governor on June 5, 2017 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-06-05** House message: Governor approved bill on June 5, 2017
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59d82df6-a2c5-4bbf-9576-1c1517570a13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
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