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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An act relating to the emergency judicial response to the COVID-19 public health emergency"
+description: "An act relating to the emergency judicial response to the COVID-19 public health emergency"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
+legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 114"
+citation: "Vermont S 114 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Pearson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-02-20"
+last_action: "2020-04-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3311e0bb-a50a-4a88-93b7-15105379f5b4"
+source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/416"
+source_hash: "ac519d92240ff5eadb6d3f7b8414021aac91071c6b2ff05ca1780b608d37775b"
+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 S 114 (2019-2020) — An act relating to the emergency judicial response to the COVID-19 public health emergency
+
+## 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/S-0114/S-0114%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
+2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT095/ACT095%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
+3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT095/ACT095%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
+4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0114/S-0114%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
+5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0114/S-0114%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 23 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Christopher Pearson — primary (person)
+- Jeanette White — cosponsor (person)
+- John Rodgers — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Benning — cosponsor (person)
+- Less… — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-20** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2020-04-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2020-04-09** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
+- **2020-04-10** New Business/Second Reading
+- **2020-04-10** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
+- **2020-04-10** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary
+- **2020-04-10** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
+- **2020-04-10** Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
+- **2020-04-10** 3rd reading ordered
+- **2020-04-10** Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
+- **2020-04-10** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Ashe
+- **2020-04-10** Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
+- **2020-04-10** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
+- **2020-04-10** Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
+- **2020-04-10** As passed by Senate `passage`
+- **2020-04-10** Title amended as recommended by Committee on Judiciary
+- **2020-04-10** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
+- **2020-04-10** Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 23 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
+- **2020-04-23** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
+- **2020-04-23** Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to suspend rules and take up bill for immediate consideration
+- **2020-04-23** Which was agreed to
+- **2020-04-23** Read Second Time
+- **2020-04-23** Rep. LaLonde of South Burlington reported for the committee on Judiciary
+- **2020-04-23** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to.
+- **2020-04-23** Third Reading Ordered
+- **2020-04-23** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
+- **2020-04-23** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
+- **2020-04-23** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
+- **2020-04-24** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
+- **2020-04-27** House Proposal of Amendment
+- **2020-04-27** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
+- **2020-04-27** House proposal of amendment; text
+- **2020-04-27** House proposal of amendment concurred in
+- **2020-04-27** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
+- **2020-04-27** Rules suspended & ordered delivered to Governor forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
+- **2020-04-27** Delivered to Governor on April 27, 2020
+- **2020-04-29** Signed by Governor on April 28, 2020 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-04-29** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3311e0bb-a50a-4a88-93b7-15105379f5b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
+