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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to calculating time periods in court proceedings"
description: "An act relating to calculating time periods in court proceedings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 4"
citation: "Vermont H. 4 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin LaLonde"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65a0f7ac-7093-48f4-9585-0ad9633536a7"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/85"
source_hash: "cb34d950eb9c8a25f7fd6e4fc8f1e60456237acddfdf2149de112873601fc3b8"
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. 4 (2017-2018) — An act relating to calculating time periods in court proceedings
## 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/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0004/H-0004%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT011/ACT011%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT011/ACT011%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0004/H-0004%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0004/H-0004%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Martin LaLonde — primary (person)
- Sandy Haas — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-05** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-03-02** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-02** Rep. Lalonde of South Burlington reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2017-03-02** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to.
- **2017-03-02** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-03** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-03-29** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-03-30** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-03-30** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-03-31** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2017-03-31** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-03-31** Reported favorably by Senator Benning for Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Read 2nd time
- **2017-03-31** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-03-31** Remarks of Senator Benning journalized
- **2017-04-04** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-04** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Signed by Governor on May 1, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-01** House message: Governor approved bill on 5/1/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65a0f7ac-7093-48f4-9585-0ad9633536a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).