---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the Judicial Branch fee report and electronic filing fees"
description: "An act relating to the Judicial Branch fee report and electronic filing fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 39"
citation: "Vermont S 39 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard Sears"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7deb47a3-246f-4759-b820-6741391d063f"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/184"
source_hash: "4bea5676e65839e1aa9a1ae43d2c9881df1541012b1f84a306ac35fef4e2c7df"
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 39 (2021-2022) — An act relating to the Judicial Branch fee report and electronic filing fees

## 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-0039/S-0039%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT023/ACT023%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT023/ACT023%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0039/S-0039%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0039/S-0039%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Richard Sears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-03-09** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10** Reported favorably by Senator Benning for Committee on Judiciary, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-11** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2021-03-16** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-03-24** 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
- **2021-04-27** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2021-04-30** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-30** Rep. Lefebvre of Orange reported for the Committee on Government Operations
- **2021-04-30** Rep. Mattos of Milton recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2021-04-30** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-05-04** Read Third time and passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** House message: House passed bill in concurrence
- **2021-05-06** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Delivered to Governor on May 6, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor on May 12, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-13** Senate Message, signed by Governor May 12, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7deb47a3-246f-4759-b820-6741391d063f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).