---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to domestic and sexual violence"
description: "An act relating to domestic and sexual violence"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 74"
citation: "Vermont H. 74 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maxine Grad"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/566bb644-4ce0-4b80-9eef-3c8d0bfdc012"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/409"
source_hash: "6ca79ba3e3b88294dffaea58e5654cb3a75825a3e061b910abc51217f3aa8674"
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. 74 (2017-2018) — An act relating to domestic and sexual violence

## 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-0074/H-0074%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT044/ACT044%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT044/ACT044%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0074/H-0074%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0074/H-0074%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Maxine Grad — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-02-16** Read Second Time
- **2017-02-16** Rep. Conquest of Newbury reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2017-02-16** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to.
- **2017-02-16** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-02-17** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-04-19** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-20** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-20** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-20** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-20** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2017-04-20** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-04-21** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-21** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Benning
- **2017-04-21** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Rules suspended on motion of Senator Ashe to permit motion to reconsider prior vote of passage of the bill so as to allow a proposal of amendment after 3rd reading
- **2017-04-21** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Benning; text
- **2017-04-21** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2017-04-21** Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-04-26** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-04-26** Senate Proposal of Amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Conquest of Newbury
- **2017-04-26** Speaker appointed Grad of Moretown, Morris of Bennington and Dickinson of St. Albans Town as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2017-04-26** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-04-26** House message House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
- **2017-04-27** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Sears, Flory, and White
- **2017-05-03** Committee of Conference Report
- **2017-05-03** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-03** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Sears for Committee, text
- **2017-05-03** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2017-05-03** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-04** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-05-04** Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill) `passage`
- **2017-05-08** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2017-05-17** Delivered to the Governor on May 17, 2017 `passage`
- **2017-05-23** Signed by Governor on May 23, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** House message: Governor approved bill on May 23, 2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/566bb644-4ce0-4b80-9eef-3c8d0bfdc012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).