---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to appointing town grand jurors"
description: "An act relating to appointing town grand jurors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 829"
citation: "Vermont H. 829 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert LaClair"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52711677-1213-459f-883e-939c2e9652ef"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/2213"
source_hash: "c9c24f542676d7400d505c0c262598152b7158dfc50d83859bcc2edb458658bb"
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. 829 (2017-2018) — An act relating to appointing town grand jurors

## 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-0829/H-0829%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT093/ACT093%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0829/H-0829%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
4. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0829/H-0829%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Robert LaClair — primary (person)
- Dennis Devereux — cosponsor (person)
- James Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Brumsted — cosponsor (person)
- John Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Bancroft — cosponsor (person)
- William Canfield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-02-14** Read Second Time
- **2018-02-14** Rep. LaClair of Barre Town reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2018-02-14** Third Reading Ordered
- **2018-02-15** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-20** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2018-03-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2018-03-23** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-03-27** New Business/Second Reading
- **2018-03-27** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-03-27** Reported favorably by Senator Clarkson for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** New Business/Third Reading
- **2018-03-28** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2018-04-11** Signed by Governor on April 11, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-11** House message: Governor approved bill on April 11, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52711677-1213-459f-883e-939c2e9652ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).