---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to fair and impartial policing"
description: "An act relating to fair and impartial policing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 518"
citation: "Vermont H 518 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-13"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0750531-4c9b-45a0-89ec-7afaf7a989dd"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1288"
source_hash: "8fb3566eae3f172d82bc004910c9f30f00a573d2637ef094dd40db4248fd4017"
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 518 (2019-2020) — An act relating to fair and impartial policing

## 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/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0518/H-0518%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT041/ACT041%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT041/ACT041%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0518/H-0518%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0518/H-0518%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 126, Nays = 15 — **126–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-13** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on March 14, 2019
- **2019-03-15** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-15** Rep. Hashim of Dummerston spoke for the committee on Judiciary
- **2019-03-15** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-19** Read Third time
- **2019-03-19** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 126, Nays = 15
- **2019-03-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-06** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-05-07** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-05-07** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator White for Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-05-07** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2019-05-07** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-05-08** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-08** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-10** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto, as offered by Rep. Hashim of Dummerston
- **2019-05-10** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-10** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-13** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-14** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-14** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text
- **2019-05-14** Senator Sears, Baruth, Benning, Nitka, and White moved to concur in House proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-14** House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment as moved by Senator(s) Sears, Baruth, Benning, Nitka, and White
- **2019-05-15** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-17** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2019-05-17** Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2019-05-20** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-24** Delivered to the Governor on May 24, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on May 30, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on May 30, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0750531-4c9b-45a0-89ec-7afaf7a989dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).