---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to State's Attorneys and sheriffs"
description: "An act relating to State's Attorneys and sheriffs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 131"
citation: "Vermont S. 131 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Government Operations"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-21"
last_action: "2017-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7d0d946-41c1-4a73-b133-f3b1a111ddf5"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/1259"
source_hash: "5af7f2c78a8bc07854eeacfde4eaf9ac4dab39068bcf3706a4e7b5caca860ae3"
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. 131 (2017-2018) — An act relating to State's Attorneys and sheriffs

## 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-0131/S-0131%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT081/ACT081%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT081/ACT081%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0131/S-0131%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0131/S-0131%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 74 of 146 to Pass -- Yeas = 144, Nays = 2 — **144–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Government Operations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-21** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48
- **2017-03-21** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-03-21** Committed to the Committee on Appropriations on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-03-28** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2017-03-28** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-03-29** New Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2017-03-29** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-03-29** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Sears and Starr
- **2017-03-29** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Sears, Ashe, Kitchel, McCormack, Nitka, Starr, and Westman
- **2017-03-30** Unfinished Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2017-03-30** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-03-30** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Sears and Starr
- **2017-03-30** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Sears, Ashe, Kitchel, McCormack, Nitka, Starr, and Westman
- **2017-03-30** Read 2nd time
- **2017-03-30** Reported favorably by Senator Sears for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) Sears, Ashe, Kitchel, McCormack, Nitka, Starr, and Westman, text
- **2017-03-30** Recommendation of amendment agreed to
- **2017-03-30** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) Sears and Starr, text
- **2017-03-30** Recommendation of amendment disagreed to
- **2017-03-30** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-03-31** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-03-31** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-05-01** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2017-05-04** Read Second Time
- **2017-05-04** Rep. Weed of Enosburgh reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2017-05-04** Rep. Hooper of Montpelier recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2017-05-04** Rep. Turner of Milton asked that the question be divided
- **2017-05-04** First Instance of amendment agreed to
- **2017-05-04** Second instance of amendment agreed to
- **2017-05-04** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 74 of 146 to Pass -- Yeas = 144, Nays = 2
- **2017-05-04** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-05-05** Read Third time
- **2017-05-05** Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-05-05** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-05-05** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2017-05-08** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-10** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-10** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-05-10** House proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2017-05-10** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2017-05-10** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2017-05-10** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2017-06-09** Delivered to Governor on 6/9/17
- **2017-06-15** Signed by Governor on 6/15/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-15** Signed by Governor on June 15, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7d0d946-41c1-4a73-b133-f3b1a111ddf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).