---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to mental health professionals' duty to warn"
description: "An act relating to mental health professionals' duty to warn"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 3"
citation: "Vermont S. 3 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Claire Ayer", "Jeanette White", "Richard Sears"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b60a2dcd-0c07-484a-bffb-801475025642"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/88"
source_hash: "8e32db86b185d4d5b147cf4a9dde1fcc4bca12609fc55efb233cabe72961a7d7"
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. 3 (2017-2018) — An act relating to mental health professionals' duty to warn

## 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-0003/S-0003%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT051/ACT051%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT051/ACT051%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0003/S-0003%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0003/S-0003%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- House proposal of amendment concurred in on roll call requested by Senator Ashe, Passed -- Needed 15 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 24, Nays = 4 — **24–4** (pass) · legislature
- Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Ashe, Passed -- Needed 14 of 26 to Pass -- Yeas = 26, Nays = 0 — **26–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Claire Ayer — primary (person)
- Jeanette White — primary (person)
- Richard Sears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-02-23** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onJudiciary
- **2017-02-24** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-02-24** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-02-24** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator White for Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-02-24** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2017-02-24** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-02-28** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-02-28** Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Ashe, Passed -- Needed 14 of 26 to Pass -- Yeas = 26, Nays = 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-02** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Health Care
- **2017-04-12** Rep. Lippert of Hinesburg moved that the committee on Health Care be relieved of the bill and that the same be committed to the committee on Judiciary which was agreed to.
- **2017-04-27** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-04-27** Read Second Time
- **2017-04-27** Rep. Conquest of Newbury reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-27** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to.
- **2017-04-27** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-04-28** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-28** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-01** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-01** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2017-05-02** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-03** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-04** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-04** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-05-04** House proposal of amendment concurred in on roll call requested by Senator Ashe, Passed -- Needed 15 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 24, Nays = 4
- **2017-05-04** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2017-05-24** Delivered to Governor on 5/24/17
- **2017-05-30** Signed by Governor on 5/30/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-30** Signed by Governor on May 30, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b60a2dcd-0c07-484a-bffb-801475025642`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).