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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to offenders with mental illness, inmate records, and inmate services"
description: "An act relating to offenders with mental illness, inmate records, and inmate services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 61"
citation: "Vermont S. 61 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard Sears"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b244d4ba-510a-46d0-a15d-4f57f03689d7"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/257"
source_hash: "2708e891662db1ef366035bc73379c32b1fe5997d05a1bafc4872396a17e7342"
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. 61 (2017-2018) — An act relating to offenders with mental illness, inmate records, and inmate services
## 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/S-0061/S-0061%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT078/ACT078%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT078/ACT078%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0061/S-0061%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0061/S-0061%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Richard Sears — primary (person)
- Timothy Ashe — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-01** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-03-16** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onJudiciary
- **2017-03-17** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-03-17** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-03-21** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2017-03-21** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-03-21** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator White for Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-03-21** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2017-03-21** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-03-22** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-03-22** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Corrections and Institutions
- **2017-04-28** Read Second Time
- **2017-04-28** Rep. Taylor of Colchester reported for the committee on Corrections and Institutions
- **2017-04-28** Report of Committee on Corrections and Institutions agreed to.
- **2017-04-28** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-05-01** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-05-02** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-02** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2017-05-03** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-03** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-05-03** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Sears; text
- **2017-05-03** Proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2017-05-03** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-04** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-05-04** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-05-04** Senate Proposal of Amendment to the House Proposal of Amendment agreed to
- **2017-05-08** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-08** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2017-06-07** Delivered to Governor on 6/7/17
- **2017-06-13** Signed by Governor on 6/13/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-13** Signed by Governor on June 13, 2017 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b244d4ba-510a-46d0-a15d-4f57f03689d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).