---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to after-hours access to orders against sexual assault"
description: "An act relating to after-hours access to orders against sexual assault"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 9"
citation: "Vermont S 9 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruth Hardy"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3ae6783-184b-4b4a-aba5-390504703ef6"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/186"
source_hash: "14a47feb07c61dfb985c2b54a557ef1762292ca699bcc3fa75ab9b2bcdef7885"
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 9 (2025-2026) — An act relating to after-hours access to orders against sexual assault

## 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-0009/S-0009%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT012/ACT012%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT012/ACT012%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0009/S-0009%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0009/S-0009%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0009/S-0009%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/S-0009/S-0009%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **House Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0009/S-0009%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0009/S-0009%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ruth Hardy — primary (person)
- Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Norris — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Plunkett — cosponsor (person)
- Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-02-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-06** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-07** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Norris for Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-02-07** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2025-02-07** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-02-11** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-11** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2025-04-02** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-04-03** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-04-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Rep. Oliver of Sheldon reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2025-04-03** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2025-04-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-04-09** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-10** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-11** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-15** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-16** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Norris, Baruth, Hashim, Mattos, and Vyhovsky `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-17** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-17** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-17** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor on April 25, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor on May 1, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Senate Message: Signed by Governor 5/1/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3ae6783-184b-4b4a-aba5-390504703ef6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).