---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the Victims Assistance Program"
description: "An act relating to the Victims Assistance Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 35"
citation: "Vermont H 35 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Rachelson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2405fca3-d21a-47cb-ad53-25a0009c5631"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/407"
source_hash: "9975de851539d1a520597c758067bed208277c10695d49520b65282b1f25e927"
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 35 (2023-2024) — An act relating to the Victims Assistance Program

## 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/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0035/H-0035%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT009/ACT009%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT009/ACT009%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0035/H-0035%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0035/H-0035%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0035/H-0035%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
7. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0035/H-0035%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Barbara Rachelson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2023-02-14** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-02-15** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Rep. Chapin of East Montpelier reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2023-02-15** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2023-04-12** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-04-12** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-13** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably by Senator Norris for Committee on Judiciary, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2023-04-14** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to the Governor on April 19, 2023 `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Governor on April 25, 2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26** House message: Governor approved bill on April 25, 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2405fca3-d21a-47cb-ad53-25a0009c5631`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).