---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the duration of temporary relief from abuse orders"
description: "An act relating to the duration of temporary relief from abuse orders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 962"
citation: "Vermont H 962 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-06-09"
last_action: "2020-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a035635-34c8-49e2-880b-6cdf3d017920"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2526"
source_hash: "6e381b7339f317bc073d344207115e933a2bae92ee9ac93191f5bf63e8d79e5f"
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 962 (2019-2020) — An act relating to the duration of temporary relief from abuse orders

## 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-0962/H-0962%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT176/ACT176%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT176/ACT176%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0962/H-0962%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0962/H-0962%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-09** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on June 10, 2020
- **2020-06-18** Read Second Time
- **2020-06-18** Rep. Grad of Moretown reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2020-06-18** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-06-18** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-06-18** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-22** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2020-09-10** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-09-10** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-09-11** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-09-11** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-09-11** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Benning for Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-09-11** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2020-09-11** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-09-15** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-09-15** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2020-09-15** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2020-09-15** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-09-17** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-09-18** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2020-09-25** Delivered to the Governor on October 5, 2020 `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Signed by Governor on October 8, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-25** House message: Governor approved bill on October 8, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a035635-34c8-49e2-880b-6cdf3d017920`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).