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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An act relating to limiting criminal defenses based on victim identity"
+description: "An act relating to limiting criminal defenses based on victim identity"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
+legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "H 128"
+citation: "Vermont H 128 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mari Cordes", "Taylor Small"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-26"
+last_action: "2021-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81f8cc3a-ff00-4fc6-833a-212eac84ac9c"
+source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/483"
+source_hash: "231c33f1c83ae2b1e30333b3dc492aa84e21cc340adc802f11d570cfffb9ba86"
+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 128 (2021-2022) — An act relating to limiting criminal defenses based on victim identity
+
+## 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/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0128/H-0128%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
+2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT018/ACT018%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
+3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT018/ACT018%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
+4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0128/H-0128%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
+5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0128/H-0128%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Sears, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 73 of 145 to Pass -- Yeas = 144, Nays = 1 — **144–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mari Cordes — primary (person)
+- Taylor Small — primary (person)
+- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
+- Elizabeth Burrows — cosponsor (person)
+- Emma Mulvaney-Stanak — cosponsor (person)
+- Gabrielle Stebbins — cosponsor (person)
+- George Till — cosponsor (person)
+- Heather Surprenant — cosponsor (person)
+- James Masland — cosponsor (person)
+- John Killacky — cosponsor (person)
+- Katherine Donnally — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathleen James — cosponsor (person)
+- Kirk White — cosponsor (person)
+- Kristi Morris — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura Sibilia — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Mrowicki — cosponsor (person)
+- Robin Scheu — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara Coffey — cosponsor (person)
+- Sarah "Sarita" Austin — cosponsor (person)
+- Selene Colburn — cosponsor (person)
+- Seth Chase — cosponsor (person)
+- Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)
+- Tiffany Bluemle — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy Briglin — cosponsor (person)
+- Tristan Toleno — cosponsor (person)
+- William Lippert — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-26** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2021-03-10** Read Second time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-10** Rep. Colburn of Burlington reported for the Committee on Judiciary
+- **2021-03-10** Division results Y- 120, N-3
+- **2021-03-10** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
+- **2021-03-10** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-11** Read Third time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-11** Rep. Cordes of Lincoln demanded yeas and nays
+- **2021-03-11** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 73 of 145 to Pass -- Yeas = 144, Nays = 1
+- **2021-03-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-12** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2021-04-20** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2021-04-20** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-21** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-21** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
+- **2021-04-21** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-21** 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Sears, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0
+- **2021-04-22** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-23** Senate Message, passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-27** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-28** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-29** Delivered to the Governor on April 29, 2021 `passage`
+- **2021-05-05** Signed by Governor on May 5, 2021 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-06** House message: Governor approved bill on May 5, 2021
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81f8cc3a-ff00-4fc6-833a-212eac84ac9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
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