---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to aggravated murder for killing a firefighter or an emergency medical provider"
description: "An act relating to aggravated murder for killing a firefighter or an emergency medical provider"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 321"
citation: "Vermont H 321 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Savage"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/152930a1-f442-46f7-87ba-219551b5efe3"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/453"
source_hash: "c5852a0e3f9ad0f17cb537764211e4594521c3f2d2ab0d3f2dfeb12583582c23"
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 H 321 (2019-2020) — An act relating to aggravated murder for killing a firefighter or an emergency medical provider

## 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/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0321/H-0321%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT016/ACT016%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT016/ACT016%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0321/H-0321%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0321/H-0321%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence on roll call, requested by Senator Rodgers, Passed -- Needed 15 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 20, Nays = 8 — **20–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Savage — primary (person)
- Carl Rosenquist — cosponsor (person)
- Francis McFaun — cosponsor (person)
- James Gregoire — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Batchelor — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Burditt — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Terenzini — cosponsor (person)
- Woodman Page — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-03-14** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-14** Rep. Goslant of Northfield reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-15** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-20** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-04-17** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-04-17** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably by Senator Benning for Committee on Judiciary, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Point of order raised by Senator(s) Ashe
- **2019-04-17** Point of order sustained by the President
- **2019-04-18** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence on roll call, requested by Senator Rodgers, Passed -- Needed 15 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 20, Nays = 8 `passage`
- **2019-04-19** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2019-05-08** House message: Governor approved bill on May 6, 2019
- **2019-04-30** Delivered to the Governor on April 30, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor on May 6, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/152930a1-f442-46f7-87ba-219551b5efe3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).