---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to expanding patient access to the Medical Marijuana Registry"
description: "An act relating to expanding patient access to the Medical Marijuana Registry"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 16"
citation: "Vermont S. 16 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard Sears"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28ee5ffb-28d7-4bf7-b28b-998a30b006b9"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/136"
source_hash: "4d40f55cc717f4a6a4571f34ec7088b054af6df1d45c8f17171712ef381ff581"
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. 16 (2017-2018) — An act relating to expanding patient access to the Medical Marijuana Registry

## 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-0016/S-0016%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT065/ACT065%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT065/ACT065%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0016/S-0016%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0016/S-0016%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 74 of 146 to Pass -- Yeas = 130, Nays = 16 — **130–16** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Richard Sears — primary (person)
- Brian Campion — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Degree — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanette White — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Benning — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Ashe — cosponsor (person)
- Virginia Lyons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-02-14** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onJudiciary
- **2017-02-15** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-02-15** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-02-15** Reported favorably by Senator White for Committee on Judiciary with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** Read 2nd time
- **2017-02-15** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2017-02-15** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-02-16** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-02-17** Unfinished Business/Third Reading
- **2017-02-17** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Human Services
- **2017-05-01** Read Second Time
- **2017-05-01** Rep. Haas of Rochester reported for the committee on Human Services
- **2017-05-01** Report of Committee on Human Services agreed to.
- **2017-05-01** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-05-02** Rep. Haas of Rochester moved to amend the House proposal of amendment.
- **2017-05-02** Which was agreed to
- **2017-05-02** Rep. McCormack of Burlington moved to amend the House proposal of amendment.
- **2017-05-02** Rep. McCormack of Burlington asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
- **2017-05-02** Read Third time
- **2017-05-02** Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-05-02** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 74 of 146 to Pass -- Yeas = 130, Nays = 16
- **2017-05-02** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-02** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2017-05-03** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-03** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Sears
- **2017-05-03** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-05-03** House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Sears
- **2017-05-03** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Sears, Benning, and White
- **2017-05-03** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Sears
- **2017-05-03** Speaker appointed Pugh of South Burlington, Haas of Rochester and McFaun of Barre Town as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2017-05-03** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-04** House message House appointed Conference Committee members
- **2017-05-05** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **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. Savage of Swanton
- **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 Sears 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
- **2017-06-02** 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/28ee5ffb-28d7-4bf7-b28b-998a30b006b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).