---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to earned discharge from probation"
description: "An act relating to earned discharge from probation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 45"
citation: "Vermont S 45 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard Sears"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3632e89a-5ca0-4b28-9368-265c4b96b348"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/277"
source_hash: "081306c76ed746f97e29724287cc41862053ee0074846cb43a4798079bd12305"
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 45 (2021-2022) — An act relating to earned discharge from probation

## 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-0045/S-0045%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT024/ACT024%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT024/ACT024%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0045/S-0045%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0045/S-0045%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Richard Sears — primary (person)
- Alice Nitka — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanette White — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Benning — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Baruth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-02-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-02-23** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2021-02-24** 3rd reading ordered
- **2021-02-25** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2021-03-09** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Corrections and Institutions `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Rep. Dolan of Essex reported for the Committee on Corrections and Institutions
- **2021-04-21** Report of Committee on Corrections and Institutions agreed to
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Read Third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2021-04-27** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-04-27** House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-28** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-28** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-28** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-28** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Delivered to Governor on May 6, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor on May 12, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-13** Senate Message, signed by Governor May 12, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3632e89a-5ca0-4b28-9368-265c4b96b348`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).