---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the creation of the Task Force on Equitable and Inclusive School Environments"
description: "An act relating to the creation of the Task Force on Equitable and Inclusive School Environments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 16"
citation: "Vermont S 16 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard Sears"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b64f872-0fa0-41e5-857a-dc4b0078d94c"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/575"
source_hash: "bf57fc7f51b69911ff688dc5e1143a2904ef705cde303f77b0831f5ddb3bbfc1"
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 16 (2021-2022) — An act relating to the creation of the Task Force on Equitable and Inclusive School Environments

## 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-0016/S-0016%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT035/ACT035%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT035/ACT035%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0016/S-0016%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0016/S-0016%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Richard Sears — primary (person)
- Kesha Ram Hinsdale — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Education `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-03-09** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Education `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2021-03-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-03-16** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Campion, Balint, Hardy, and Hooker
- **2021-03-17** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Hooker for Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** Reported favorably by Senator Balint for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) Campion, Balint, Hardy, and Hooker, text
- **2021-03-17** Recommendation of amendment agreed to
- **2021-03-17** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education, as amended, agreed to
- **2021-03-17** Title amended as recommended by Committee on Education
- **2021-03-17** 3rd reading ordered
- **2021-03-18** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Education `introduction`
- **2021-04-20** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2021-05-04** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Rep. Brady of Williston reported for the Committee on Education
- **2021-05-04** Rep. Scheu of Middlebury recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2021-05-04** Report of Committee on Education agreed to
- **2021-05-04** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Read Third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2021-05-07** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2021-05-07** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-05-07** House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-11** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-12** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-12** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-12** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-12** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Delivered to Governor on May 14, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-19** Signed by Governor on May 18, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Senate Message, signed by Governor May 18, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b64f872-0fa0-41e5-857a-dc4b0078d94c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).