---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to expanding criminal threatening to include threats to third persons"
description: "An act relating to expanding criminal threatening to include threats to third persons"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 265"
citation: "Vermont S 265 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alison Clarkson", "Richard Sears"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5acf539b-7dd4-4e04-bce8-b5d3fa8edc5f"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1397"
source_hash: "7e0ca42fdeeda7edcd44b6f569f847ca54d2f320a7b9986f4d6165174bd070c9"
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 265 (2021-2022) — An act relating to expanding criminal threatening to include threats to third persons

## 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-0265/S-0265%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT103/ACT103%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT103/ACT103%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0265/S-0265%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0265/S-0265%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 2 — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 61 of 121 to Pass -- Yeas = 89, Nays = 32 — **89–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alison Clarkson — primary (person)
- Richard Sears — primary (person)
- Andrew Perchlik — cosponsor (person)
- Ann Cummings — cosponsor (person)
- Mark MacDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Balint — cosponsor (person)
- Richard McCormack — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-02-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-02-16** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** Recommendation of amendment agreed to
- **2022-02-17** 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 2
- **2022-02-18** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-18** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-04-07** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-04-08** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-04-08** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-08** Rep. Notte of Rutland City reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2022-04-08** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-04-12** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-12** Read Third time `reading-3`
- **2022-04-12** Rep. LaClair of Barre Town demanded yeas and nays
- **2022-04-12** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 61 of 121 to Pass -- Yeas = 89, Nays = 32
- **2022-04-12** Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-14** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-04-14** House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-14** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2022-04-15** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-19** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-20** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-21** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-21** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-21** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-21** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2022-04-22** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-27** Delivered to Governor on April 27, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-04** Signed by Governor on May 3, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-04** Senate Message, signed by Governor May 3, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5acf539b-7dd4-4e04-bce8-b5d3fa8edc5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).