---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to expanding the Vermont Practitioner Recovery Network"
description: "An act relating to expanding the Vermont Practitioner Recovery Network"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 14"
citation: "Vermont S. 14 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard Sears"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/032f6006-0839-49ec-8997-e96c06f60ef8"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/372"
source_hash: "94511e692e41f2d053e092b7c9583a553f42bc604c46772ffb5b166df07cdf7d"
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. 14 (2017-2018) — An act relating to expanding the Vermont Practitioner Recovery Network

## 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-0014/S-0014%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT039/ACT039%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT039/ACT039%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0014/S-0014%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0014/S-0014%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Richard Sears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2017-02-14** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onHealth and Welfare
- **2017-02-15** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-02-15** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2017-02-15** Reported favorably by Senator Ingram for Committee on Health and Welfare with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** Read 2nd time
- **2017-02-15** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2017-02-15** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-02-16** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-02-17** Unfinished Business/Third Reading
- **2017-02-17** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Health Care
- **2017-04-11** Read Second Time
- **2017-04-11** Rep. Cina of Burlington reported for the committee on Health Care
- **2017-04-11** Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to.
- **2017-04-11** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-04-12** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-14** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2017-04-17** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-18** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-18** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-04-18** House proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2017-04-18** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Delivered to Governor on 5/11/17
- **2017-05-17** Signed by Governor on 5/17/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-18** Senate Message, Signed by Governor May 17, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/032f6006-0839-49ec-8997-e96c06f60ef8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).