---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to a report on racial equity and bias in the Department of Corrections"
description: "An act relating to a report on racial equity and bias in the Department of Corrections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 24"
citation: "Vermont S 24 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Collamore"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2020-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d782f18-9c1d-4491-b660-eae706e4bdfa"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/315"
source_hash: "12ef2e42cfada66cdb1c686bbf40231f0b8dc2541bde70c3b30da6b8018bf67e"
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 24 (2019-2020) — An act relating to a report on racial equity and bias in the Department of Corrections

## 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-0024/S-0024%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT163/ACT163%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT163/ACT163%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0024/S-0024%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0024/S-0024%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Read 3rd time & adopted on roll call requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 14 of 26 to Pass -- Yeas = 26, Nays = 0 — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Collamore — primary (person)
- Cheryl Hooker — cosponsor (person)
- James McNeil — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Sears — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Institutions `introduction`
- **2019-02-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-02-19** Favorable report by Committee on Institutions
- **2019-02-20** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-02-20** Favorable report by Committee on Institutions
- **2019-02-20** Reported favorably by Senator Rodgers for Committee on Institutions, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-02-21** Read 3rd time & adopted on roll call requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 14 of 26 to Pass -- Yeas = 26, Nays = 0
- **2019-02-26** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Corrections and Institutions
- **2020-09-22** Read Second Time
- **2020-09-22** Rep. Shaw of Pittsford reported for the committee on Corrections and Institutions
- **2020-09-22** Report of Committee on Corrections and Institutions agreed to.
- **2020-09-22** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-09-22** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-09-22** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2020-09-22** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-09-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-09-23** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-09-23** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2020-09-24** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-09-25** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-09-25** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Sears, Baruth, Benning, Nitka, and White
- **2020-09-25** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2020-09-25** Senator Sears, Baruth, Benning, Nitka, and White moved to concur in House proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment; text
- **2020-09-25** House proposal of amendment concurred in with proposal of amendment, on motion of Senator Sears, Baruth, Benning, Nitka, and White
- **2020-09-25** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-09-25** Senate message, House proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto
- **2020-09-25** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-09-25** Senate Proposal of Amendment to the House Proposal of Amendment agreed to
- **2020-09-25** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-09-25** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment
- **2020-09-25** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Delivered to Governor on October 1, 2020
- **2020-09-25** Signed by Governor on October 7, 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d782f18-9c1d-4491-b660-eae706e4bdfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).