---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to secondary enforcement of minor traffic offenses"
description: "An act relating to secondary enforcement of minor traffic offenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 635"
citation: "Vermont H 635 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold \"Hal\" Colston", "Michael Mrowicki"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6e0aacd-3de3-4c7e-89eb-f6f87fa434b0"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1158"
source_hash: "078f4edb44cfec5ff0aa49eb8a38b45b5e12081a74540162ed809686e0847fea"
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 635 (2021-2022) — An act relating to secondary enforcement of minor traffic 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/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0635/H-0635%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT106/ACT106%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT106/ACT106%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0635/H-0635%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0635/H-0635%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Harold "Hal" Colston — primary (person)
- Michael Mrowicki — primary (person)
- Avram Patt — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis McCormack — cosponsor (person)
- Gabrielle Stebbins — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph "Chip" Troiano — cosponsor (person)
- Katherine Donnally — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Christie — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Copeland Hanzas — cosponsor (person)
- Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffany Bluemle — cosponsor (person)
- William Lippert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-14** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-02-10** Rep. Grad of Moretown moved that the Committee on Judiciary be relieved of the bill and that the same be committed to the Committee on Government Operations which was agreed to
- **2022-03-15** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-16** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-16** Rep. McCarthy of St. Albans City moved to postpone action until March 22, 2022 which was agreed to
- **2022-03-17** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-22** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-22** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** Rep. Colston of Winooski reported for the Committee on Government Operations
- **2022-03-22** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2022-03-22** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** Rep. Shaw of Pittsford moved to amend the bill which was agreed to
- **2022-03-23** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-03-25** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-04-14** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-04-14** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-15** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-15** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-15** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Benning for Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-04-15** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-15** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-04-19** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-19** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2022-04-20** Senate Message, passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-21** Notice Calendar: Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-22** Action Calendar: Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-22** Rep. Colston of Winooski moved to postpone action until April 27, 2022 which was agreed to
- **2022-04-27** Action Calendar: Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-27** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-28** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-03** Delivered to the Governor on May 3, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-05-09** Signed by Governor on May 9, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09** House message: Governor approved bill on May 9, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6e0aacd-3de3-4c7e-89eb-f6f87fa434b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).