---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous updates to the powers of the Vermont Criminal Justice Council and the duties of law enforcement officers"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous updates to the powers of the Vermont Criminal Justice Council and the duties of law enforcement officers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 872"
citation: "Vermont H 872 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-03-15"
last_action: "2024-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbbf0fe7-ba6b-437c-a01a-edeacce27bbd"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/4067"
source_hash: "55b09331b8f45e2ba9685d9cc1009cc97e8fce4b070002cd851c3da6d4c488b1"
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 872 (2023-2024) — An act relating to miscellaneous updates to the powers of the Vermont Criminal Justice Council and the duties of law enforcement officers

## 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-0872/H-0872%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT124/ACT124%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT124/ACT124%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0872/H-0872%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-0872/H-0872%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-0872/H-0872%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-0872/H-0872%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-15** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on 03/19/2024
- **2024-03-19** Notice Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Action Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Rep. McCarthy of St. Albans City spoke for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2024-03-20** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2024-05-07** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-07** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-07** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2024-05-07** Reported favorably by Senator Norris for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2024-05-08** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Delivered to the Governor on May 23, 2024 `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Signed by Governor on May 29, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-10** House message: Governor approved bill on May 29, 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbbf0fe7-ba6b-437c-a01a-edeacce27bbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).