---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous changes to laws related to vehicles and vessels"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous changes to laws related to vehicles and vessels"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 127"
citation: "Vermont S. 127 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Transportation"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-17"
last_action: "2017-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2337a7c-e58b-4f9d-836c-f2f872d5b37d"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/366"
source_hash: "4b2ed24616586c7bdce9fa48c5d6158344325ad14ea112e0aff823df8fe1d09c"
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 S. 127 (2017-2018) — An act relating to miscellaneous changes to laws related to vehicles and vessels

## 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/S-0127/S-0127%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT071/ACT071%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT071/ACT071%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0127/S-0127%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0127/S-0127%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 36, Nays = 105 — **36–105** (fail) · legislature
- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 70 of 138 to Pass -- Yeas = 127, Nays = 11 — **127–11** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Transportation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-17** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48
- **2017-03-21** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2017-03-21** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2017-03-23** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-03-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2017-03-28** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2017-03-28** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2017-03-28** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-03-29** New Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2017-03-29** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2017-03-29** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-03-29** Read 2nd time
- **2017-03-29** Reported favorably by Senator Degree for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-03-30** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-03-30** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Transportation
- **2017-04-19** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2017-04-21** Read Second Time
- **2017-04-21** Rep. Brennan of Colchester reported for the committee on Transportation
- **2017-04-21** Rep. Masland of Thetford recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2017-04-21** Rep. Keefe of Manchester moved to amend the report of the committee on Transportation
- **2017-04-21** Which was agreed to
- **2017-04-21** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 70 of 138 to Pass -- Yeas = 127, Nays = 11
- **2017-04-21** Report of Committee on Transportation as amended agreed to
- **2017-04-21** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-04-25** Rep. Till of Jericho moved to amend the House proposal of amendment.
- **2017-04-25** Which was disagreed to
- **2017-04-25** Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 36, Nays = 105
- **2017-04-25** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-04-26** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-26** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2017-04-27** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-27** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-04-27** House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2017-04-28** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Mazza, Flory, and Degree
- **2017-04-28** Speaker appointed Brennan of Colchester, Corcoran of Bennington and Burke of Brattleboro as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2017-05-01** House message House appointed Conference Committee members
- **2017-05-04** Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-05** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2017-05-05** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2017-05-05** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Mazza for Committee, text
- **2017-05-05** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2017-05-05** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2017-06-05** Delivered to Governor on 6/5/17
- **2017-06-08** Signed by Governor on 6/8/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-08** Signed by Governor on June 8, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2337a7c-e58b-4f9d-836c-f2f872d5b37d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).