---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to sunsets related to judiciary procedures"
description: "An act relating to sunsets related to judiciary procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 963"
citation: "Vermont H 963 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-06-09"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caf2e6d9-cc87-4626-b1bf-85caea4d1007"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2496"
source_hash: "7f832ef606cf058623c271125e378164c82677a45243cb3fa97463567885af0c"
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 963 (2019-2020) — An act relating to sunsets related to judiciary procedures

## 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-0963/H-0963%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT134/ACT134%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT134/ACT134%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0963/H-0963%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0963/H-0963%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
- **2020-06-17** Read Second Time
- **2020-06-17** Rep. Burditt of West Rutland reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2020-06-17** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-06-17** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-06-17** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-18** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2020-06-26** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-06-26** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-06-26** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2020-06-26** Reported favorably by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-26** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2020-06-26** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-26** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Delivered to the Governor on June 30, 2020 `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Signed by Governor on July 1, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26** House message: Governor approved bill on July 1, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caf2e6d9-cc87-4626-b1bf-85caea4d1007`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).