---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to compensation for victims of crime"
description: "An act relating to compensation for victims of crime"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 611"
citation: "Vermont H. 611 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maxine Grad"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d89693b-d326-4008-87d2-6d4a3d399b06"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/1969"
source_hash: "fc28663a0b4a0504a5ad10b958310d8c1b898314a69a02115657a2daf7d86cd9"
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. 611 (2017-2018) — An act relating to compensation for victims of crime

## 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-0611/H-0611%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT107/ACT107%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT107/ACT107%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0611/H-0611%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0611/H-0611%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Maxine Grad — primary (person)
- Ruqaiyah "Kiah" Morris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2018-01-30** Read Second Time
- **2018-01-30** Rep. Morris of Bennington reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2018-01-30** Third Reading Ordered
- **2018-01-31** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-03-27** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2018-03-27** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2018-03-28** New Business/Second Reading
- **2018-03-28** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2018-03-28** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Benning for Committee on Judiciary
- **2018-03-28** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2018-03-28** 3rd reading ordered
- **2018-03-29** New Business/Third Reading
- **2018-03-29** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2018-03-30** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2018-04-04** Rep. Morris of Bennington moved to postpone action until Thursday, April 5, 2018 which was agreed to
- **2018-04-05** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2018-04-05** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2018-04-06** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Governor on April 19,2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-19** House message: Governor approved bill on April 19, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d89693b-d326-4008-87d2-6d4a3d399b06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).