---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous court and Judiciary related amendments"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous court and Judiciary related amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 512"
citation: "Vermont H 512 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/788eea99-8ac0-4b1a-a45b-4564a3dab8a5"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1165"
source_hash: "ef919c40153f635c5664adbb6b6013130fabe42a2e7a58b32758cebfd6670aa4"
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 512 (2019-2020) — An act relating to miscellaneous court and Judiciary related amendments

## 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-0512/H-0512%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT040/ACT040%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT040/ACT040%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0512/H-0512%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0512/H-0512%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on March 12, 2019
- **2019-03-13** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-13** Rep. Seymour of Sutton spoke for the committee on Judiciary
- **2019-03-13** Rep. Jessup of Middlesex moved to amend the bill
- **2019-03-13** Which was agreed to
- **2019-03-13** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-14** Rep. Jessup of Middlesex moved to amend the bill
- **2019-03-14** Which was agreed to
- **2019-03-14** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-15** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Sears
- **2019-05-10** Rules suspended & bill committed to Committee on Appropriations with the report of Committee on Judiciary intact, on motion of Senator Sears
- **2019-05-14** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-05-14** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-15** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-05-15** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-05-15** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably by Senator Sears for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Sears, Baruth, Benning, Nitka, and White; text
- **2019-05-15** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2019-05-15** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary, as amended, agreed to
- **2019-05-15** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-05-16** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-05-16** Pending third reading, Senate proposal of amendment amended as moved by Senator(s) Sears
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-16** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-17** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-17** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2019-05-17** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2019-05-20** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-24** Delivered to the Governor on May 24, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on May 30, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on May 30, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/788eea99-8ac0-4b1a-a45b-4564a3dab8a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).