---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the emergency judicial response to the COVID-19 public health emergency"
description: "An act relating to the emergency judicial response to the COVID-19 public health emergency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 114"
citation: "Vermont S 114 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Pearson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2020-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3311e0bb-a50a-4a88-93b7-15105379f5b4"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/416"
source_hash: "ac519d92240ff5eadb6d3f7b8414021aac91071c6b2ff05ca1780b608d37775b"
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 114 (2019-2020) — An act relating to the emergency judicial response to the COVID-19 public health emergency

## 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-0114/S-0114%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT095/ACT095%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT095/ACT095%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0114/S-0114%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0114/S-0114%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 23 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Christopher Pearson — primary (person)
- Jeanette White — cosponsor (person)
- John Rodgers — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Benning — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2020-04-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-04-09** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-04-10** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-04-10** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-04-10** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-04-10** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2020-04-10** Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
- **2020-04-10** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-04-10** Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
- **2020-04-10** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-04-10** Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
- **2020-04-10** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2020-04-10** Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
- **2020-04-10** As passed by Senate `passage`
- **2020-04-10** Title amended as recommended by Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-04-10** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-04-10** Roll Call, Required by Rule, Passed -- Needed 23 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
- **2020-04-23** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-04-23** Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to suspend rules and take up bill for immediate consideration
- **2020-04-23** Which was agreed to
- **2020-04-23** Read Second Time
- **2020-04-23** Rep. LaLonde of South Burlington reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2020-04-23** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to.
- **2020-04-23** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-04-23** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-04-23** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2020-04-23** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-04-24** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2020-04-27** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-04-27** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-04-27** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2020-04-27** House proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2020-04-27** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2020-04-27** Rules suspended & ordered delivered to Governor forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-04-27** Delivered to Governor on April 27, 2020
- **2020-04-29** Signed by Governor on April 28, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-29** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3311e0bb-a50a-4a88-93b7-15105379f5b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).