---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to earned good time"
description: "An act relating to earned good time"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 112"
citation: "Vermont S 112 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard Sears"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c88312c7-9238-4410-a381-bacee7dd55ee"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/537"
source_hash: "e6740b605677502ee51bdb9d8c85cc879fb46f380b006d4da38463572f399033"
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 112 (2019-2020) — An act relating to earned good time

## 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-0112/S-0112%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT056/ACT056%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT056/ACT056%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0112/S-0112%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0112/S-0112%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Richard Sears — primary (person)
- Jeanette White — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Benning — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Baruth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** 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 with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-03-21** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2019-03-21** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-03-21** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-03-21** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2019-03-21** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-03-22** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-22** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Corrections and Institutions
- **2019-05-07** Read Second Time
- **2019-05-07** Rep. Shaw of Pittsford reported for the committee on Corrections and Institutions
- **2019-05-07** Report of Committee on Corrections and Institutions agreed to.
- **2019-05-07** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-05-08** Rep. Donahue of Northfield moved to amend the bill
- **2019-05-08** Rep. Donahue of Northfield asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
- **2019-05-08** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-10** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2019-05-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-13** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-13** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Sears, Baruth, Benning, Nitka, and White
- **2019-05-14** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-14** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Sears, Baruth, Benning, Nitka, and White
- **2019-05-14** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-14** Senator Sears, Baruth, Benning, Nitka, and White moved to concur in House proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-14** Proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended & action messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-14** Senate message, House proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto
- **2019-05-16** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2019-05-20** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-20** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Delivered to Governor on June 5, 2019
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 10, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Senate Message, Signed by Governor June 10, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c88312c7-9238-4410-a381-bacee7dd55ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).