---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to sexual exploitation of a person in law enforcement officer custody"
description: "An act relating to sexual exploitation of a person in law enforcement officer custody"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 19"
citation: "Vermont H 19 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maxine Grad"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbbb4be3-0f3e-4acc-b8b5-5c62813a2f09"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/150"
source_hash: "5e3395bd5a9a5e26dd3e9b68537b9715b8323bef2508fd37c04146c26bae71da"
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 19 (2019-2020) — An act relating to sexual exploitation of a person in law enforcement officer custody

## 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/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0019/H-0019%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT008/ACT008%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT008/ACT008%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0019/H-0019%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0019/H-0019%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Maxine Grad — primary (person)
- Ann Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Rachelson — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Jessup — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah "Sarita" Austin — cosponsor (person)
- Selene Colburn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-01-30** Read Second Time
- **2019-01-30** Rep. Colburn of Burlington reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2019-01-30** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-01-31** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-01** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-04-03** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-04-04** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-04-04** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Benning for Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-04-04** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2019-04-04** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-04-05** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-04-05** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-04-11** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2019-04-12** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2019-04-24** House message: Governor approved bill on April 23, 2019
- **2019-04-17** Delivered to the Governor on April 17, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Governor on April 23, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbbb4be3-0f3e-4acc-b8b5-5c62813a2f09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).