---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to clarifying community supervision furlough appeals and the powers of the Corrections Monitoring Commission"
description: "An act relating to clarifying community supervision furlough appeals and the powers of the Corrections Monitoring Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 127"
citation: "Vermont S 127 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard Sears"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/360f7da0-16f7-4c8e-a262-54ee6f0343b4"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/932"
source_hash: "836049759717f2687be72b5dab3892b6ee47d4471a3776998b62e01d2238e53c"
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 127 (2021-2022) — An act relating to clarifying community supervision furlough appeals and the powers of the Corrections Monitoring Commission

## 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/S-0127/S-0127%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT124/ACT124%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT124/ACT124%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0127/S-0127%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0127/S-0127%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Richard Sears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-03-15** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-03-15** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-16** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Sears, Baruth, Benning, Nitka, and White
- **2022-03-17** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-03-17** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2022-03-17** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) Sears, Baruth, Benning, Nitka, and White, text
- **2022-03-17** Recommendation of amendment agreed to
- **2022-03-17** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-03-18** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** Unfinished Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** Unfinished Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2022-03-25** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Corrections and Institutions `introduction`
- **2022-04-22** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-04-26** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-04-26** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-26** Rep. Dolan of Essex reported for the Committee on Corrections and Institutions
- **2022-04-26** Report of Committee on Corrections and Institutions agreed to
- **2022-04-26** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** Read Third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2022-04-29** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-04-29** House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-28** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2022-05-02** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-03** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-04** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-04** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-04** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-04** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2022-05-04** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2022-05-04** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-12** Delivered to Governor on May 17, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Governor on May 23, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** Senate Message, signed by Governor May 23, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/360f7da0-16f7-4c8e-a262-54ee6f0343b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).