---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the Racial Disparities in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice System Advisory Panel"
description: "An act relating to the Racial Disparities in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice System Advisory Panel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 308"
citation: "Vermont H. 308 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin LaLonde"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2b4b0e3-528e-48c7-81ec-5e8dc92029a4"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/966"
source_hash: "f2676e2741219dbc671a8ec158c5ccfd6ef3b2920f9327c57a32e9c99b99a93c"
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. 308 (2017-2018) — An act relating to the Racial Disparities in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice System Advisory Panel

## 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/H-0308/H-0308%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT054/ACT054%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT054/ACT054%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0308/H-0308%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0308/H-0308%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Sears, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0 — **29–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Martin LaLonde — primary (person)
- Alice Emmons — cosponsor (person)
- Charles "Chip" Conquest — cosponsor (person)
- Janssen Willhoit — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Grad — cosponsor (person)
- Ruqaiyah "Kiah" Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Burditt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-03-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2017-03-24** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-24** Rep. Lalonde of South Burlington reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2017-03-24** Rep. Hooper of Montpelier recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2017-03-24** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to.
- **2017-03-24** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-28** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-04-17** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-17** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2017-04-19** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-19** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-04-20** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-20** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-20** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-04-20** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator White for Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-20** Reported favorably by Senator Sears for Committee on Appropriations with proposal of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-04-20** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary, as amended, agreed to
- **2017-04-20** 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Sears, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0
- **2017-04-21** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-21** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Sears
- **2017-04-21** Pending third reading, motion to amend bill offered by Senator(s) Sears
- **2017-04-21** Motion agreed to
- **2017-04-21** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-04-26** Rep. Conquest of Newbury moved to postpone action until April 27, 2017 which was agreed to
- **2017-04-27** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-04-27** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto, as offered by Rep. Morris of Bennington
- **2017-04-27** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-04-28** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment
- **2017-04-28** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-01** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-01** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text
- **2017-05-01** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2017-05-01** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-01** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2017-05-25** Delivered to the Governor on May 25, 2017 `passage`
- **2017-05-31** Signed by Governor on May 31, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-31** House message: Governor approved bill on May 31, 2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2b4b0e3-528e-48c7-81ec-5e8dc92029a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).