---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the professional regulation of law enforcement officers by the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council"
description: "An act relating to the professional regulation of law enforcement officers by the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 22"
citation: "Vermont H. 22 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ronald Hubert"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9fc17bd-4875-421f-9782-b36e3e868ec2"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/549"
source_hash: "0a35e14fb341032fb4d7a0dab659cfafb1b17179a994a0fb4c1d3ea09b0e2270"
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. 22 (2017-2018) — An act relating to the professional regulation of law enforcement officers by the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council

## 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-0022/H-0022%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT056/ACT056%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT056/ACT056%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0022/H-0022%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0022/H-0022%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ronald Hubert — primary (person)
- Cynthia Weed — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Devereux — cosponsor (person)
- Douglas Gage — cosponsor (person)
- James Condon — cosponsor (person)
- John Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Maida Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Patti Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Robert LaClair — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Kitzmiller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-11** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-03-21** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-21** Rep. Hubert of Milton reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2017-03-21** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to.
- **2017-03-21** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-22** Rep. Hubert of Milton moved to amend the bill
- **2017-03-22** Which was agreed to
- **2017-03-22** Read Third time
- **2017-03-22** Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2017-04-28** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-05-01** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-05-01** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-05-01** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator White for Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-05-01** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2017-05-01** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-05-02** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-05-02** Pending third reading, Senator(s) Sirotkin and White motion to amend proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-05-02** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2017-05-02** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-05-02** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-02** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-04** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-05-04** Senate Proposal of Amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Townsend of South Burlington
- **2017-05-04** Speaker appointed Townsend of South Burlington, LaClair of Barre Town and Gardner of Richmond as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2017-05-04** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-05** House message House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
- **2017-05-05** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators White, Collamore, and Pearson
- **2017-05-10** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator White
- **2017-05-10** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator White for Committee, text
- **2017-05-10** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2017-05-10** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2017-05-10** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-05-10** 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/a9fc17bd-4875-421f-9782-b36e3e868ec2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).