---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children"
description: "An act relating to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 72"
citation: "Vermont S 72 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Virginia Lyons"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2022-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bb03ff4-34bf-4956-b9da-5a6539eea934"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/691"
source_hash: "a1459dcd365c0f2b1dede2e471e313a03448bc575468a807f74d4508887c08b0"
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 72 (2021-2022) — An act relating to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children

## 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-0072/S-0072%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT101/ACT101%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT101/ACT101%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0072/S-0072%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0072/S-0072%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Virginia Lyons — primary (person)
- Richard Sears — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2022-03-10** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-03-10** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-10** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2022-03-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-03-16** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-18** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-22** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-22** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-22** Reported favorably by Senator Sears for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-22** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-03-23** New 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 Human Services `introduction`
- **2022-04-05** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2022-04-05** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2022-04-07** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2022-04-08** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2022-04-08** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-08** Rep. Gregoire of Fairfield reported for the Committee on Human Services
- **2022-04-08** Rep. Jessup of Middlesex recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-04-08** Rep. Gregoire of Fairfield and Small of Winooski moved to amend the bill which was agreed to
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-04-12** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-12** Read Third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2022-04-14** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-04-14** House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-14** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2022-04-15** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-19** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-19** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-19** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-19** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2022-04-20** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-27** Delivered to Governor on April 27, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-04** Signed by Governor on May 3, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-04** Senate Message, signed by Governor May 3, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bb03ff4-34bf-4956-b9da-5a6539eea934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).