---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to establishing the Child Fatality Review Team"
description: "An act relating to establishing the Child Fatality Review Team"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 686"
citation: "Vermont H. 686 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Keefe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abb12619-38a9-4403-b5f9-914d8bfeb991"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/2002"
source_hash: "97018fd330e4db4d4e6422552f45557411d1bff69a5e51015b72ddcb7c7fbccb"
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. 686 (2017-2018) — An act relating to establishing the Child Fatality Review Team

## 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-0686/H-0686%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT103/ACT103%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0686/H-0686%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
4. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0686/H-0686%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brian Keefe — primary (person)
- Ann Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- Anne Donahue — cosponsor (person)
- Carl Rosenquist — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Noyes — cosponsor (person)
- David Yacovone — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Devereux — cosponsor (person)
- Douglas Gage — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Brumsted — cosponsor (person)
- Johannah Donovan — cosponsor (person)
- John Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Marianna Gamache — cosponsor (person)
- William Lippert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Human Services
- **2018-02-06** Read Second Time
- **2018-02-06** Rep. Keefe of Manchester reported for the committee on Human Services
- **2018-02-06** Report of Committee on Human Services agreed to.
- **2018-02-06** Third Reading Ordered
- **2018-02-07** Rep. Keefe of Manchester moved to amend the bill
- **2018-02-07** Which was agreed to
- **2018-02-07** Read Third time
- **2018-02-07** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-09** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2018-03-29** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2018-03-29** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2018-03-30** New Business/Second Reading
- **2018-03-30** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2018-03-30** Reported favorably by Senator Ayer for Committee on Health and Welfare, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** New Business/Third Reading
- **2018-04-03** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Signed by Governor on April 17, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17** House message: Governor approved bill on April 17, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abb12619-38a9-4403-b5f9-914d8bfeb991`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).