---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to criminal statutes of limitations"
description: "An act relating to criminal statutes of limitations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 511"
citation: "Vermont H 511 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b4bac5b-df8d-425c-96a4-c95e2a8ebeb3"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1250"
source_hash: "bdc86f4f468151278425a34ab751a21401ba8ceb6608268ab984816d2d76c42e"
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 511 (2019-2020) — An act relating to criminal statutes of limitations

## 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-0511/H-0511%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT039/ACT039%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT039/ACT039%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0511/H-0511%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0511/H-0511%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on March 1, 2019
- **2019-03-12** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-12** Rep. LaLonde of South Burlington spoke for the committee on Judiciary
- **2019-03-12** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-13** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-15** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-04-24** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-04-25** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-04-25** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-04-25** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-04-25** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2019-04-25** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-04-26** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-04-26** Pending third reading motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Pearson, Balint, Bray, Clarkson, Hardy, and Ingram
- **2019-04-30** Consideration postponed to Wednesday, May 1, 2019
- **2019-04-30** Pending third reading, motion to amend to be offered by Senator(s) Pearson, Balint, Bray, Clarkson, Hardy, and Ingram
- **2019-04-26** Consideration postponed to Wednesday, May 1, 2019 on motion of Senator Sears
- **2019-05-01** Consideration Postponed/Third Reading
- **2019-05-01** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Pearson, Balint, Clarkson, Hardy, and Ingram
- **2019-05-01** Consideration resumed
- **2019-05-01** Pending third reading, motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Sears, Benning, Baruth, Nitka, and White agreed to
- **2019-05-01** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-07** Senate Proposal of Amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. LaLonde of South Burlington
- **2019-05-07** Speaker appointed LaLonde of South Burlington, Grad of Moretown and Burditt of West Rutland as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-08** House message House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
- **2019-05-08** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Benning, Nitka, and Sears
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-16** Committee of Conference Report
- **2019-05-17** New Business/Committee of Conference Report
- **2019-05-17** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Benning for Committee, text
- **2019-05-17** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-17** Senate message, report of committee of conference adopted
- **2019-05-17** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-17** Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill) `passage`
- **2019-05-20** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2019-05-24** Delivered to the Governor on May 24, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on May 30, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on May 30, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b4bac5b-df8d-425c-96a4-c95e2a8ebeb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).