---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to pretrial risk assessments and pretrial services"
description: "An act relating to pretrial risk assessments and pretrial services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 20"
citation: "Vermont H 20 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maxine Grad"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cc36644-3208-4736-a14b-99d0ccb3322c"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/243"
source_hash: "e112699cd98432a08023a83b26fce9f574fe41dbb5a19ed52cb36d79a6a49d4b"
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 H 20 (2021-2022) — An act relating to pretrial risk assessments and pretrial services

## 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/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0020/H-0020%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT014/ACT014%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT014/ACT014%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0020/H-0020%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0020/H-0020%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Maxine Grad — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-02-05** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** Rep. Donnally of Hyde Park reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2021-02-05** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2021-02-05** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-02-09** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-04-01** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-02** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-02** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2021-04-02** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-02** 3rd reading ordered
- **2021-04-06** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Senate Message, passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-09** Rep. Grad of Moretown moved to postpone action until April 14, 2021 which was agreed to
- **2021-04-14** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-16** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-23** Delivered to the Governor on April 23, 2021 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Signed by Governor on April 29, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** House message: Governor approved bill on April 29, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cc36644-3208-4736-a14b-99d0ccb3322c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).