---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to juvenile jurisdiction"
description: "An act relating to juvenile jurisdiction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 23"
citation: "Vermont S. 23 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard Sears"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/167f328d-612a-43e1-8aa1-08df10c04801"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/399"
source_hash: "958a50b16060a912a8cd63e69d8ac802642be685afc3acf155bb8c401056e2c8"
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. 23 (2017-2018) — An act relating to juvenile jurisdiction

## 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-0023/S-0023%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT072/ACT072%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT072/ACT072%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0023/S-0023%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0023/S-0023%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Richard Sears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onJudiciary
- **2017-02-10** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-02-10** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-02-14** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2017-02-14** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-02-15** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2017-02-15** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-02-15** Reported favorably by Senator Sears 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** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Flory
- **2017-02-17** Pending third reading, Senator(s) Flory moved to amend bill
- **2017-02-17** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) Flory, text
- **2017-02-17** Recommendation of amendment agreed to
- **2017-02-17** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-13** Read Second Time
- **2017-04-13** Rep. Willhoit of St. Johnsbury reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-13** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to.
- **2017-04-13** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-04-14** Rep. Willhoit of St. Johnsbury moved to postpone action until April 18, 2017 which was agreed to
- **2017-04-18** Read Third time
- **2017-04-18** Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-20** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-20** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Sears
- **2017-04-20** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2017-04-21** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-21** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Sears
- **2017-04-21** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-04-21** Senator Sears moved to concur in House proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-04-21** Motion agreed to
- **2017-04-25** Senate message, House proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto
- **2017-04-26** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-04-26** Rep. Willhoit of St. Johnsbury moved to concur with the Senate Proposal of Amendment to the House Proposal of Amendment with a further amendment thereto
- **2017-04-26** Which was agreed to
- **2017-04-26** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-04-26** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment, with further proposal of amendment
- **2017-04-27** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment
- **2017-04-28** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-28** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text
- **2017-04-28** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2017-04-28** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2017-06-07** Delivered to Governor on 6/7/17
- **2017-06-13** Signed by Governor on 6/13/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-13** Signed by Governor on June 13, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/167f328d-612a-43e1-8aa1-08df10c04801`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).