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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An act relating to aggravated murder for killing a firefighter or an emergency medical provider"
+description: "An act relating to aggravated murder for killing a firefighter or an emergency medical provider"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
+legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "H 321"
+citation: "Vermont H 321 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Savage"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-21"
+last_action: "2019-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/152930a1-f442-46f7-87ba-219551b5efe3"
+source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/453"
+source_hash: "c5852a0e3f9ad0f17cb537764211e4594521c3f2d2ab0d3f2dfeb12583582c23"
+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 321 (2019-2020) — An act relating to aggravated murder for killing a firefighter or an emergency medical provider
+
+## 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/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0321/H-0321%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
+2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT016/ACT016%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
+3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT016/ACT016%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
+4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0321/H-0321%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
+5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0321/H-0321%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence on roll call, requested by Senator Rodgers, Passed -- Needed 15 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 20, Nays = 8 — **20–8** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Savage — primary (person)
+- Carl Rosenquist — cosponsor (person)
+- Francis McFaun — cosponsor (person)
+- James Gregoire — cosponsor (person)
+- Less… — cosponsor (person)
+- Linda Myers — cosponsor (person)
+- Lynn Batchelor — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Burditt — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Terenzini — cosponsor (person)
+- Woodman Page — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-21** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
+- **2019-03-14** Read Second Time
+- **2019-03-14** Rep. Goslant of Northfield reported for the committee on Judiciary
+- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Ordered
+- **2019-03-15** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
+- **2019-03-20** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2019-04-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2019-04-16** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary
+- **2019-04-17** New Business/Second Reading
+- **2019-04-17** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary
+- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably by Senator Benning for Committee on Judiciary, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-17** Point of order raised by Senator(s) Ashe
+- **2019-04-17** Point of order sustained by the President
+- **2019-04-18** New Business/Third Reading
+- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence on roll call, requested by Senator Rodgers, Passed -- Needed 15 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 20, Nays = 8 `passage`
+- **2019-04-19** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-05-08** House message: Governor approved bill on May 6, 2019
+- **2019-04-30** Delivered to the Governor on April 30, 2019 `passage`
+- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor on May 6, 2019 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/152930a1-f442-46f7-87ba-219551b5efe3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
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