---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to civil commitment procedures at a secure residential recovery facility and a psychiatric residential treatment facility for youth and civil commitment procedures for individuals with an intellectual disability"
description: "An act relating to civil commitment procedures at a secure residential recovery facility and a psychiatric residential treatment facility for youth and civil commitment procedures for individuals with an intellectual disability"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 192"
citation: "Vermont S 192 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard Sears Jr.", "Virginia Lyons"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 71
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f10f7949-8ed9-46fa-b5a0-b3ee71f8c4b9"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/1283"
source_hash: "d91e7feb8ec885223c244b090572be652832ea2f231603775a52e6f99816cf14"
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 192 (2023-2024) — An act relating to civil commitment procedures at a secure residential recovery facility and a psychiatric residential treatment facility for youth and civil commitment procedures for individuals with an intellectual disability

## 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/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0192/S-0192%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT137/ACT137%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT137/ACT137%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0192/S-0192%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0192/S-0192%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0192/S-0192%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
7. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0192/S-0192%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **House Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0192/S-0192%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0192/S-0192%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Richard Sears Jr. — primary (person)
- Virginia Lyons — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2024-02-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-02-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-23** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2024-03-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-03-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-19** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons
- **2024-03-20** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-20** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-20** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons
- **2024-03-21** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-21** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-21** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons
- **2024-03-22** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons
- **2024-03-22** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2024-03-22** Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-22** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
- **2024-03-22** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare amended as moved by Senator Lyons, Weeks, Gulick, Hardy, and Williams
- **2024-03-22** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare, as amended, agreed to
- **2024-03-22** 3rd reading ordered
- **2024-03-26** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Unfinished Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Sears
- **2024-03-27** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2024-03-29** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services `introduction`
- **2024-04-18** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-04-19** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-04-19** Rep. Donahue of Northfield moved to commit bill to the Committee on Health Care, which was agreed to
- **2024-04-26** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-04-29** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-04-30** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-04-30** Rep. Donahue of Northfield moved to commit bill to the Committee on Judiciary, which was agreed to
- **2024-05-04** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-05-06** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-05-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** Rep. Donahue of Northfield reported for the Committee on Human Services
- **2024-05-06** Rep. Berbeco of Winooski reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2024-05-06** Rep. Dolan of Essex Junction reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2024-05-06** Report of Committee on Health Care amended as recommended by Committee on Judiciary
- **2024-05-06** Rep. Donahue of Northfield moved to amend the report of the Committee on Health Care, as amended, which was agreed to
- **2024-05-06** Rep. Donahue of Northfield moved to amend the report of the Committee on Health Care, as amended, which was agreed to
- **2024-05-06** Report of the Committee on Human Services amended as recommended by the Committee on Health Care, as amended
- **2024-05-06** Report of Committee on Human Services, as amended, agreed to
- **2024-05-06** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2024-05-08** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2024-05-09** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-10** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-10** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-10** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-10** House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment as moved by Senator(s) Lyons, Gulick, Hardy, Weeks, and Williams `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-10** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment thereto `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-10** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2024-05-10** Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-10** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2024-05-10** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-10** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Delivered to Governor on May 24, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-10** Signed by Governor on May 30, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-10** Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 30, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f10f7949-8ed9-46fa-b5a0-b3ee71f8c4b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).