republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2017-2018/s-79.md

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Bill	An act relating to freedom from compulsory collection of personal information	An act relating to freedom from compulsory collection of personal information	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2017-2018	S. 79	Vermont S. 79 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Richard Sears	5	22	2	2017-02-09	2017-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/c0a07343-fc0e-4ea8-94e7-14703d74687d	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/1139	e4e7c5ae572f33a9098125d14d43461e46444177a1da7bb76e9d79942ed66577	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S. 79 (2017-2018) — An act relating to freedom from compulsory collection of personal information

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 68 of 134 to Pass -- Yeas = 110, Nays = 24 — 110–24 (pass) · legislature
• 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Ashe, Passed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — 30–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Richard Sears — primary (person)
• Dustin Degree — cosponsor (person)
• Less… — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca Balint — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy Ashe — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary introduction
• 2017-02-21 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onJudiciary
• 2017-02-22 New Business/Second Reading
• 2017-02-22 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
• 2017-02-23 Unfinished Business/Second Reading
• 2017-02-23 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
• 2017-02-23 Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary
• 2017-02-23 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
• 2017-02-23 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Ashe, Passed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
• 2017-02-24 New Business/Third Reading
• 2017-02-24 Read 3rd time & passed passage
• 2017-02-24 Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Sears
• 2017-02-28 Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
• 2017-03-14 Read Second Time
• 2017-03-14 Rep. Conquest of Newbury recommended for the committee on Judiciary
• 2017-03-14 Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 68 of 134 to Pass -- Yeas = 110, Nays = 24
• 2017-03-14 Third Reading Ordered
• 2017-03-15 Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence passage
• 2017-03-16 House message House passed bill in concurrence
• 2017-03-16 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2017-03-24 Delivered to Governor on March 24, 2017
• 2017-03-28 Signed by Governor on March 28, 2017 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c0a07343-fc0e-4ea8-94e7-14703d74687d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).