---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to prohibiting civil arrest in sensitive locations"
description: "An act relating to prohibiting civil arrest in sensitive locations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 209"
citation: "Vermont S 209 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tanya Vyhovsky"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c013068-e668-42ee-9637-97c5e3c15efb"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1518"
source_hash: "0c91863ea3aeeb248f759837e1f78db305e7edd8d4e1354892dda808f8daf6d6"
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 209 (2025-2026) — An act relating to prohibiting civil arrest in sensitive locations

## 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/S-0209/S-0209%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT150/ACT150%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0209/S-0209%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0209/S-0209%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
5. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0209/S-0209%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0209/S-0209%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
7. **House Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0209/S-0209%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
8. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0209/S-0209%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 70 of 139 to Pass -- Yeas = 109, Nays = 30 — **109–30** (pass) · lower
- 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 2 — **27–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tanya Vyhovsky — primary (person)
- Andrew Perchlik — cosponsor (person)
- Anne Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Hashim — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
- Seth Bongartz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2026-02-11** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-02-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2026-02-12** 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 2
- **2026-02-13** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2026-05-06** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-05-07** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-05-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-07** Rep. Goodnow of Brattleboro reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2026-05-07** Rep. Greer of Bennington moved to amend the report of the Committee on Judiciary
- **2026-05-07** Rep. Greer of Bennington asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
- **2026-05-07** Rep. Dolan of Essex Junction demanded yeas and nays
- **2026-05-07** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2026-05-07** Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 70 of 139 to Pass -- Yeas = 109, Nays = 30
- **2026-05-07** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-05-08** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-08** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-05-12** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2026-05-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-13** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-14** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-15** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-19** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-19** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-19** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-19** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2026-05-20** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-29** Delivered to Governor on June 10, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 16, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-29** Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 16, 2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c013068-e668-42ee-9637-97c5e3c15efb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).