---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous judiciary procedures"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous judiciary procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2018ss1"
identifier: "S. 4"
citation: "Vermont S. 4 (2018ss1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-06-07"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b0188e7-a339-470d-ae52-11f58fb9455c"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018.1/2608"
source_hash: "c45932f61434185528c878fce8221fcb33e889531b5789b16e28601d12f5dba8"
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. 4 (2018ss1) — An act relating to miscellaneous judiciary procedures

## 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/2018.1/Docs/Bills/S-0004/S-0004%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018.1/Docs/Acts/ACT008/ACT008%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018.1/Docs/Acts/ACT008/ACT008%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018.1/Docs/Bills/S-0004/S-0004%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018.1/Docs/Bills/S-0004/S-0004%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-07** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48
- **2018-06-07** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2018-06-07** Read 2nd time
- **2018-06-07** 3rd reading ordered
- **2018-06-07** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2018-06-07** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2018-06-07** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2018-06-19** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2018-06-19** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2018-06-19** Read Second Time
- **2018-06-19** Rep. Jessup of Middlesex reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2018-06-19** Third Reading Ordered
- **2018-06-19** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2018-06-19** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-19** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2018-06-19** House message House passed bill in concurrence
- **2018-06-19** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2018-06-22** Delivered to Governor on June 22, 2018
- **2018-06-28** Signed by Governor on June 28, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-29** Senate Message, Signed by Governor June 28, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b0188e7-a339-470d-ae52-11f58fb9455c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).