---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to court diversion and pretrial services"
description: "An act relating to court diversion and pretrial services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 134"
citation: "Vermont S. 134 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-21"
last_action: "2017-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3efe1ac3-52fd-4ce5-952a-560444390022"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/221"
source_hash: "03093c93f3374a5709696fab293565ba56943709467c8d2541635aad7d94cf3e"
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. 134 (2017-2018) — An act relating to court diversion and pretrial services

## 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-0134/S-0134%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT061/ACT061%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT061/ACT061%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0134/S-0134%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0134/S-0134%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-21** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48
- **2017-03-22** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2017-03-23** New Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2017-03-23** Read 2nd time
- **2017-03-23** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-03-24** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-03-24** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-28** Read Second Time
- **2017-04-28** Rep. Colburn of Burlington reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-28** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to.
- **2017-04-28** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-05-01** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-05-02** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-02** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2017-05-02** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-02** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-05-02** House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Sears
- **2017-05-02** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators White, Benning, and Sears
- **2017-05-02** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-02** Speaker appointed Conquest of Newbury, Burditt of West Rutland and Colburn of Burlington as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2017-05-03** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators White, Benning, and Nitka
- **2017-05-05** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-05** Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) `passage`
- **2017-05-05** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-05** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2017-05-08** Committee of Conference Report
- **2017-05-10** New Business/Committee of Conference Report
- **2017-05-10** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Benning for Committee, text
- **2017-05-10** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2017-05-10** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2017-05-10** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2017-05-30** 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/3efe1ac3-52fd-4ce5-952a-560444390022`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).