---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to to criminal justice"
description: "An act relating to to criminal justice"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 503"
citation: "Vermont H. 503 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-17"
last_action: "2017-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02b0b1d2-2680-4ecb-a682-aaa3fea537dd"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/1115"
source_hash: "cdce4192d4ec2fb44892a1764b3d5379f179fd0793fddfb3c09b443fc6001b34"
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. 503 (2017-2018) — An act relating to to criminal justice

## 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-0503/H-0503%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT062/ACT062%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT062/ACT062%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0503/H-0503%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0503/H-0503%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-17** Committee Bill read first time
- **2017-03-22** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-22** Rep. Lalonde of South Burlington spoke for the committee on Judiciary
- **2017-03-22** Amendment as offered by Rep. Shaw of Pittsford agreed to
- **2017-03-22** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-23** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-04-24** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-25** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-25** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-25** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-25** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2017-04-25** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-04-26** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-27** Unfinished Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-27** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Sears
- **2017-04-27** Pending third reading, motion to amend bill offered by Senator(s) Sears
- **2017-04-27** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Sears; text
- **2017-04-27** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2017-04-27** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-04-27** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-04-28** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-04-28** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-04-28** Senate Proposal of Amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Lalonde of South Burlington
- **2017-04-28** Speaker appointed Lalonde of South Burlington, Conquest of Newbury and Shaw of Pittsford as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2017-04-28** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-01** House message House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
- **2017-05-01** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Sears, Nitka, and Benning
- **2017-05-01** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-05** Committee of Conference Report
- **2017-05-08** New Business/Committee of Conference Report
- **2017-05-10** Committee of Conference Report
- **2017-05-10** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Sears 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. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-10** Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill) `passage`
- **2017-05-16** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2017-06-01** Delivered to the Governor on June 1, 2017 `passage`
- **2017-06-07** Signed by Governor on June 7, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-07** House message: Governor approved bill on June 7, 2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02b0b1d2-2680-4ecb-a682-aaa3fea537dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).