---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to electronic court filings for relief from abuse orders"
description: "An act relating to electronic court filings for relief from abuse orders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 836"
citation: "Vermont H. 836 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maxine Grad"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ae5c23f-d697-4427-b691-2fa26e8c3818"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/2079"
source_hash: "5108a646019153b1577930b7e840fb274916bef4c135b9915129c6ee4d2b37dc"
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. 836 (2017-2018) — An act relating to electronic court filings for relief from abuse orders

## 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-0836/H-0836%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT110/ACT110%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0836/H-0836%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
4. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0836/H-0836%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Maxine Grad — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2018-02-28** Read Second Time
- **2018-02-28** Rep. Colburn of Burlington reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2018-02-28** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to.
- **2018-02-28** Third Reading Ordered
- **2018-03-01** Read Third time
- **2018-03-01** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-13** 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. Colburn of Burlington 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 with further amendment thereto, as offered by Rep. Willhoit of St. Johnsbury and Grad of Moretown
- **2018-04-06** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment
- **2018-04-10** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2018-04-10** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment
- **2018-04-11** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2018-04-11** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text
- **2018-04-11** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2018-04-12** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Signed by Governor on April 25, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-25** House message: Governor approved bill on April 25, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ae5c23f-d697-4427-b691-2fa26e8c3818`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).