---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to prohibiting civil arrests at courthouses"
description: "An act relating to prohibiting civil arrests at courthouses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 140"
citation: "Vermont S 140 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Philip Baruth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-04-21"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51490617-dff8-4e60-9e31-1794aacf9c83"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/994"
source_hash: "13d955493ee4689583b53a57f6f47f2646cb237d173f3818f15ae6d77b0a3d71"
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 140 (2021-2022) — An act relating to prohibiting civil arrests at courthouses

## 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/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0140/S-0140%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT153/ACT153%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT153/ACT153%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0140/S-0140%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0140/S-0140%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Philip Baruth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-21** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-03-10** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-03-10** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-11** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-15** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-15** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-16** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Baruth for Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-03-17** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2022-03-17** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-03-22** Unfinished Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** Unfinished Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2022-03-25** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-05-02** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-05-03** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-05-03** Rep. Grad of Moretown moved to postpone action until May 4, 2022 which was agreed to
- **2022-05-04** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-05-04** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-05-04** Rep. Colburn of Burlington reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2022-05-04** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2022-05-04** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** Read Third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2022-05-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-05-09** House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-09** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2022-05-09** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2022-05-10** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-10** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-10** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-10** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2022-05-10** Rules suspended & action messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2022-05-10** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-12** Delivered to Governor on May 25, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Governor on May 31, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** Senate Message, signed by Governor May 31, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51490617-dff8-4e60-9e31-1794aacf9c83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).