---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to suspension of time frames for civil license suspension hearings for certain DUI offenses"
description: "An act relating to suspension of time frames for civil license suspension hearings for certain DUI offenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 347"
citation: "Vermont S 347 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-05-07"
last_action: "2020-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce0ef6e4-a746-4ecb-8b54-69d7a9fde857"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2507"
source_hash: "ce81dd0addb1459caef340171d7c7bea3fbb5dd71a9b558e67e250bf95ab151d"
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 347 (2019-2020) — An act relating to suspension of time frames for civil license suspension hearings for certain DUI offenses

## 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-0347/S-0347%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT114/ACT114%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT114/ACT114%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0347/S-0347%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0347/S-0347%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-07** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48
- **2020-05-12** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-05-12** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2020-05-12** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-05-12** Read 2nd time
- **2020-05-12** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-05-12** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-05-12** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2020-05-12** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-05-13** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-06-05** Read Second Time
- **2020-06-05** Rep. Christie of Hartford reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2020-06-05** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-06-05** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-06-05** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-05** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-06-08** House message House passed bill in concurrence
- **2020-06-08** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2020-06-09** Delivered to Governor on June 9, 2020
- **2020-06-16** Senate Message, Signed by Governor June 15, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Governor on June 15, 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce0ef6e4-a746-4ecb-8b54-69d7a9fde857`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).