---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to sealing and expungement of criminal history records"
description: "An act relating to sealing and expungement of criminal history records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 460"
citation: "Vermont H 460 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maxine Grad"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5405bc2-a744-42c3-8004-0b14fc7fab03"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/559"
source_hash: "dd87e5e0c5214096541aa64728629f20a34b59e049a362ae103c0c988a3ad284"
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 460 (2019-2020) — An act relating to sealing and expungement of criminal history records

## 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-0460/H-0460%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT032/ACT032%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT032/ACT032%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0460/H-0460%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0460/H-0460%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 69 of 137 to Pass -- Yeas = 105, Nays = 32 — **105–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maxine Grad — primary (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Martin LaLonde — cosponsor (person)
- Selene Colburn — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Burditt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-03-15** Rep. Grad of Moretown moved to commit bill to the committee on Ways and Means which was agreed to.
- **2019-03-20** Action Postponed to next legislative day as moved by Rep. Colburn of Burlington
- **2019-03-21** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-21** Rep. Colburn of Burlington reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2019-03-21** Rep. Canfield of Fair Haven recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-03-21** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to.
- **2019-03-21** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-22** Read Third time
- **2019-03-22** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 69 of 137 to Pass -- Yeas = 105, Nays = 32
- **2019-03-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Committee on Judiciary per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2019-04-26** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Sears
- **2019-04-26** Rules suspended & bill committed to Committee on Finance with the report of Committee on Judiciary intact, on motion of Senator Sears
- **2019-05-02** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-02** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-05-02** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2019-05-08** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-08** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-05-08** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-08** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-09** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-05-09** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-05-09** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-09** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-09** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably by Senator Campion for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably by Senator Sears for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2019-05-09** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-05-10** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-10** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-14** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Delivered to the Governor on May 17, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Signed by Governor on May 23, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** House message: Governor approved bill on May 23, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5405bc2-a744-42c3-8004-0b14fc7fab03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).