---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to criminal justice agency protocols for an officer-involved shooting"
description: "An act relating to criminal justice agency protocols for an officer-involved shooting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 171"
citation: "Vermont H 171 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Burditt"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1021e1d-64fc-4902-8c0f-b6d4079a1b2a"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/242"
source_hash: "46cf14563469d64cc092323d0e8846076d36297240886c07bb1a3a3fa57fd6c2"
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 171 (2025-2026) — An act relating to criminal justice agency protocols for an officer-involved shooting

## 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/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0171/H-0171%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT115/ACT115%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT115/ACT115%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0171/H-0171%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0171/H-0171%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0171/H-0171%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/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0171/H-0171%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0171/H-0171%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0171/H-0171%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Thomas Burditt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2026-03-17** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-18** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18** Rep. Burditt of West Rutland reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2026-03-18** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-24** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2026-05-08** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-08** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-12** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-12** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-12** Reported favorably by Senator Norris for Committee on Judiciary, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-05-13** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-13** Pending third reading, Senator Harrison proposal of amendment, agreed to `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-05-13** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-05-14** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-15** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-18** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-19** Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
- **2026-05-19** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-21** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-29** Delivered to the Governor on June 2, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 8, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on June 8, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1021e1d-64fc-4902-8c0f-b6d4079a1b2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).