---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to evaluation of suicide profiles"
description: "An act relating to evaluation of suicide profiles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 184"
citation: "Vermont H. 184 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Masland"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c7f7615-91a4-478f-a314-5db5b6cadbb0"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/821"
source_hash: "805a405a8cc246313c25a8d8296493c8284c9e53cc9541a3699cacd211220084"
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. 184 (2017-2018) — An act relating to evaluation of suicide profiles

## 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/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0184/H-0184%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT034/ACT034%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT034/ACT034%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0184/H-0184%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0184/H-0184%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- James Masland — primary (person)
- Anne Donahue — cosponsor (person)
- George Till — cosponsor (person)
- Johannah Donovan — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Martin LaLonde — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Young — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Briglin — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Walz — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Vicki Strong — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Health Care
- **2017-03-16** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-16** Rep. Dunn of Essex reported for the committee on Health Care
- **2017-03-16** Recommendation of Amendment of the Committee on Health Care agreed to
- **2017-03-16** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-17** Read Third time
- **2017-03-17** Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-22** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2017-04-17** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2017-04-18** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-18** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2017-04-18** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Ayer for Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2017-04-18** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2017-04-18** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-04-19** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-19** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-04-25** Rep. Dunn of Essex moved to postpone action until April 26, 2017 which was agreed to
- **2017-04-26** Rep. Dunn of Essex moved to postpone action until April 27, 2017 which was agreed to
- **2017-04-27** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-04-27** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto, as offered by Rep. Dunn of Essex
- **2017-04-27** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-04-28** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment
- **2017-04-28** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-01** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-01** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text
- **2017-05-01** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2017-05-01** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-01** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Delivered to the Governor on May 11, 2017 `passage`
- **2017-05-17** Signed by Governor on May 17, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-17** House message: Governor approved bill on 5/17/17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c7f7615-91a4-478f-a314-5db5b6cadbb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).