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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An act relating to a report on racial equity and bias in the Department of Corrections"
+description: "An act relating to a report on racial equity and bias in the Department of Corrections"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
+legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 24"
+citation: "Vermont S 24 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Collamore"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-16"
+last_action: "2020-09-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d782f18-9c1d-4491-b660-eae706e4bdfa"
+source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/315"
+source_hash: "12ef2e42cfada66cdb1c686bbf40231f0b8dc2541bde70c3b30da6b8018bf67e"
+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 24 (2019-2020) — An act relating to a report on racial equity and bias in the Department of Corrections
+
+## 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-0024/S-0024%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
+2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT163/ACT163%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
+3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT163/ACT163%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
+4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0024/S-0024%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
+5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0024/S-0024%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read 3rd time & adopted on roll call requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 14 of 26 to Pass -- Yeas = 26, Nays = 0 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Collamore — primary (person)
+- Cheryl Hooker — cosponsor (person)
+- James McNeil — cosponsor (person)
+- Less… — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard Sears — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-16** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Institutions `introduction`
+- **2019-02-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2019-02-19** Favorable report by Committee on Institutions
+- **2019-02-20** New Business/Second Reading
+- **2019-02-20** Favorable report by Committee on Institutions
+- **2019-02-20** Reported favorably by Senator Rodgers for Committee on Institutions, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-21** New Business/Third Reading
+- **2019-02-21** Read 3rd time & adopted on roll call requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 14 of 26 to Pass -- Yeas = 26, Nays = 0
+- **2019-02-26** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Corrections and Institutions
+- **2020-09-22** Read Second Time
+- **2020-09-22** Rep. Shaw of Pittsford reported for the committee on Corrections and Institutions
+- **2020-09-22** Report of Committee on Corrections and Institutions agreed to.
+- **2020-09-22** Third Reading Ordered
+- **2020-09-22** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
+- **2020-09-22** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
+- **2020-09-22** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
+- **2020-09-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2020-09-23** House Proposal of Amendment
+- **2020-09-23** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
+- **2020-09-24** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
+- **2020-09-25** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
+- **2020-09-25** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Sears, Baruth, Benning, Nitka, and White
+- **2020-09-25** House proposal of amendment; text
+- **2020-09-25** Senator Sears, Baruth, Benning, Nitka, and White moved to concur in House proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment; text
+- **2020-09-25** House proposal of amendment concurred in with proposal of amendment, on motion of Senator Sears, Baruth, Benning, Nitka, and White
+- **2020-09-25** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
+- **2020-09-25** Senate message, House proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto
+- **2020-09-25** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
+- **2020-09-25** Senate Proposal of Amendment to the House Proposal of Amendment agreed to
+- **2020-09-25** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
+- **2020-09-25** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment
+- **2020-09-25** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
+- **2020-09-25** Delivered to Governor on October 1, 2020
+- **2020-09-25** Signed by Governor on October 7, 2020 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d782f18-9c1d-4491-b660-eae706e4bdfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
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