---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous consumer protection provisions"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous consumer protection provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 136"
citation: "Vermont S. 136 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 64
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-21"
last_action: "2017-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ec30add-8119-475d-af7c-bc1cd036f2e6"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/1219"
source_hash: "91b84b858076b79985398b716df7ae7d9bc51c121ce0b95c0a3da38faf69a7de"
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. 136 (2017-2018) — An act relating to miscellaneous consumer protection provisions

## 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-0136/S-0136%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT070/ACT070%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT070/ACT070%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0136/S-0136%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0136/S-0136%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call, requested by Senator Sirotkin, Failed -- Needed 15 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 12, Nays = 16 — **12–16** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs — 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 Finance on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-03-28** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2017-03-28** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2017-03-29** New Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2017-03-29** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-03-30** Unfinished Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2017-03-30** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2017-03-30** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Mullin, Balint, Baruth, Clarkson, and Sirotkin
- **2017-03-30** Read 2nd time
- **2017-03-30** Reported favorably by Senator Sirotkin for Committee on Finance with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to
- **2017-03-30** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) Mullin, Balint, Baruth, Clarkson, and Sirotkin, text
- **2017-03-30** Recommendation of amendment agreed to
- **2017-03-30** Consideration postponed to next legislative day on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-03-31** Consideration postponed Shall the Bill be read the third time?
- **2017-03-31** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) White
- **2017-03-31** Consideration resumed
- **2017-03-31** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) Sirotkin, Balint, Baruth, Clarkson, and Mullin, text
- **2017-03-31** Recommendation of amendment agreed to
- **2017-03-31** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) White, text
- **2017-03-31** Recommendation of amendment disagreed to
- **2017-03-31** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) Rodgers, text
- **2017-03-31** Recommendation of amendment disagreed to
- **2017-03-31** Roll Call, requested by Senator Sirotkin, Failed -- Needed 15 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 12, Nays = 16
- **2017-03-31** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) Nitka and Kitchel, text
- **2017-03-31** Senator Nitka requested & granted leave to withdraw amendment
- **2017-03-31** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-03-31** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2017-03-31** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2017-04-25** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2017-05-01** Read Second Time
- **2017-05-01** Rep. Marcotte of Coventry reported for the committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2017-05-01** Rep. Browning of Arlington recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2017-05-01** Report of Committee on Ways and Means agreed to.
- **2017-05-01** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development as amended agreed to
- **2017-05-01** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-05-02** Rep. Marcotte of Coventry moved to amend the House proposal of amendment.
- **2017-05-02** Which was agreed to
- **2017-05-02** Rep. Donahue of Northfield moved to amend the House proposal of amendment.
- **2017-05-02** Which was agreed to
- **2017-05-02** Read Third time
- **2017-05-02** Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-05-02** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-02** Speaker appointed Marcotte of Coventry, O'Sullivan of Burlington and Hill of Wolcott as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **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 Mullin
- **2017-05-02** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Sirotkin, Baruth, and Clarkson
- **2017-05-02** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-12** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-05-12** Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) `passage`
- **2017-05-12** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-12** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2017-05-12** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-12** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Sirotkin for Committee, text
- **2017-05-12** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2017-05-12** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2017-06-02** Delivered to Governor on 6/2/17
- **2017-06-08** Signed by Governor on 6/8/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-08** Signed by Governor on June 8, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ec30add-8119-475d-af7c-bc1cd036f2e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).