---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to creating the Spousal Support and Maintenance Task Force"
description: "An act relating to creating the Spousal Support and Maintenance Task Force"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 112"
citation: "Vermont S. 112 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-03"
last_action: "2017-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/201623d5-4d0a-40c1-964a-3bd697c96266"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/425"
source_hash: "feabeb789844b3ff9fa2a8f2f1ffbff37d7697ac961a06c8124ef1b02c3e6692"
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 S. 112 (2017-2018) — An act relating to creating the Spousal Support and Maintenance Task Force

## 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/S-0112/S-0112%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT060/ACT060%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT060/ACT060%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0112/S-0112%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0112/S-0112%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-03** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48
- **2017-03-14** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2017-03-14** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2017-03-16** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2017-03-16** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-03-17** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2017-03-17** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-03-17** Read 2nd time
- **2017-03-17** Reported favorably by Senator Sears for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-03-21** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-03-21** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-05-01** Read Second Time
- **2017-05-01** Rep. Jessup of Middlesex reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2017-05-01** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to.
- **2017-05-01** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-05-02** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2017-05-04** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2017-05-04** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Sears
- **2017-05-04** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-05-04** House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Sears
- **2017-05-04** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators White, Sears, and Flory
- **2017-05-04** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2017-05-04** Speaker appointed Lalonde of South Burlington, Viens of Newport City and Jessup of Middlesex as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2017-05-08** House message House appointed Conference Committee members
- **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 (Senate bill) `passage`
- **2017-05-10** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-11** Committee of Conference Report
- **2017-05-11** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2017-05-11** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator White
- **2017-05-11** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator White for Committee, text
- **2017-05-11** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2017-05-11** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2017-05-30** Delivered to Governor on 5/30/17
- **2017-06-05** Signed by Governor on 6/5/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-05** Signed by Governor on June 5, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/201623d5-4d0a-40c1-964a-3bd697c96266`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).