---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous judiciary procedures"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous judiciary procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 105"
citation: "Vermont S 105 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard Sears"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2010b82f-9d52-418f-9fca-c115d661639d"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/349"
source_hash: "55bc17c7f16d1d802a00d58ab0263bdf864fecef208cac4da128080a5a8dd7b3"
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 S 105 (2019-2020) — An act relating to miscellaneous 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/S-0105/S-0105%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT077/ACT077%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT077/ACT077%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0105/S-0105%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0105/S-0105%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Richard Sears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-03-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-03-20** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-03-20** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-03-20** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Nitka for Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-03-20** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2019-03-20** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-03-21** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-21** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-05-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2019-05-16** Read Second Time
- **2019-05-16** Rep. Grad of Moretown reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2019-05-16** Rep. Conquest of Newbury recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-16** Report of the Committee on Judiciary amended as recommended by the Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-16** Report of the Committee on Judiciary amended as offered by Rep. Burditt of West Rutland
- **2019-05-16** Report of Committee on Judiciary as amended agreed to
- **2019-05-16** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-16** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-16** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2019-05-17** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-20** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-21** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-21** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-21** House proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2019-05-21** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-21** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Delivered to Governor on June 13, 2019
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 19, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Senate Message, Signed by Governor June 19, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2010b82f-9d52-418f-9fca-c115d661639d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).