republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2017-2018/s-16.md

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Bill	An act relating to expanding patient access to the Medical Marijuana Registry	An act relating to expanding patient access to the Medical Marijuana Registry	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2017-2018	S. 16	Vermont S. 16 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Richard Sears	5	47	1	2017-01-12	2017-06-08	openstates	ocd-bill/28ee5ffb-28d7-4bf7-b28b-998a30b006b9	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/136	4d40f55cc717f4a6a4571f34ec7088b054af6df1d45c8f17171712ef381ff581	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S. 16 (2017-2018) — An act relating to expanding patient access to the Medical Marijuana Registry

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act Summary (committee substitute) — source
3. As Enacted (committee substitute) — source
4. Official (committee substitute) — source
5. Unofficial (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 74 of 146 to Pass -- Yeas = 130, Nays = 16 — 130–16 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Richard Sears — primary (person)
• Brian Campion — cosponsor (person)
• Dustin Degree — cosponsor (person)
• Jeanette White — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Benning — cosponsor (person)
• Less… — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy Ashe — cosponsor (person)
• Virginia Lyons — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-12 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary introduction
• 2017-02-14 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onJudiciary
• 2017-02-15 New Business/Second Reading
• 2017-02-15 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
• 2017-02-15 Reported favorably by Senator White for Committee on Judiciary with recommendation of amendment committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-15 Read 2nd time
• 2017-02-15 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
• 2017-02-15 3rd reading ordered
• 2017-02-16 New Business/Third Reading
• 2017-02-17 Unfinished Business/Third Reading
• 2017-02-17 Read 3rd time & passed passage
• 2017-02-22 Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Human Services
• 2017-05-01 Read Second Time
• 2017-05-01 Rep. Haas of Rochester reported for the committee on Human Services
• 2017-05-01 Report of Committee on Human Services agreed to.
• 2017-05-01 Third Reading Ordered
• 2017-05-02 Rep. Haas of Rochester moved to amend the House proposal of amendment.
• 2017-05-02 Which was agreed to
• 2017-05-02 Rep. McCormack of Burlington moved to amend the House proposal of amendment.
• 2017-05-02 Rep. McCormack of Burlington asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
• 2017-05-02 Read Third time
• 2017-05-02 Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment passage
• 2017-05-02 Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 74 of 146 to Pass -- Yeas = 130, Nays = 16
• 2017-05-02 Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
• 2017-05-02 House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2017-05-03 House Proposal of Amendment
• 2017-05-03 Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Sears
• 2017-05-03 House proposal of amendment; text
• 2017-05-03 House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Sears
• 2017-05-03 Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Sears, Benning, and White
• 2017-05-03 Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Sears
• 2017-05-03 Speaker appointed Pugh of South Burlington, Haas of Rochester and McFaun of Barre Town as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
• 2017-05-03 Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
• 2017-05-04 House message House appointed Conference Committee members
• 2017-05-05 Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
• 2017-05-05 Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) passage
• 2017-05-05 Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
• 2017-05-05 House message House adopted Conference Committee report
• 2017-05-08 Committee of Conference Report
• 2017-05-10 New Business/Committee of Conference Report
• 2017-05-10 Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Sears for Committee, text
• 2017-05-10 Committee of Conference report adopted
• 2017-05-10 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2017-05-10 Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
• 2017-06-02 Delivered to Governor on 6/2/17
• 2017-06-08 Signed by Governor on 6/8/17 executive-signature
• 2017-06-08 Signed by Governor on June 8, 2017 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/28ee5ffb-28d7-4bf7-b28b-998a30b006b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).