republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2017-2018/s-96.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	An act relating to a news media privilege	An act relating to a news media privilege	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2017-2018	S. 96	Vermont S. 96 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Jeanette White Richard Sears	5	22	2	2017-02-24	2018-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/7484e211-acf0-4c49-9dcf-1c9140adfa9c	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/943	ada3ae288fbb589226db23f3e69a092c0a459acc796cb75666bf704e5b3b135e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S. 96 (2017-2018) — An act relating to a news media privilege

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

• Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0 — 29–0 (pass) · legislature
• Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 72 of 142 to Pass -- Yeas = 140, Nays = 2 — 140–2 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jeanette White — primary (person)
• Richard Sears — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-24 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary introduction
• 2017-02-24 Committee on Judiciary relieved; bill committed to Committee on Government Operations on motion of Senator Sears
• 2017-03-21 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onGovernment Operations
• 2017-03-22 New Business/Second Reading
• 2017-03-22 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
• 2017-03-22 Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator White for Committee on Government Operations
• 2017-03-22 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to
• 2017-03-22 3rd reading ordered
• 2017-03-23 New Business/Third Reading
• 2017-03-23 Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0 passage
• 2017-03-28 Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
• 2017-04-19 Read Second Time
• 2017-04-19 Rep. Lalonde of South Burlington reported for the committee on Judiciary
• 2017-04-19 Third Reading Ordered
• 2017-04-20 Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence passage
• 2017-04-20 Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 72 of 142 to Pass -- Yeas = 140, Nays = 2
• 2017-04-21 House message House passed bill in concurrence
• 2017-04-21 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2017-05-11 Delivered to Governor on 5/11/17
• 2017-05-17 Signed by Governor on 5/17/2017 executive-signature
• 2017-05-18 Senate Message, Signed by Governor May 17, 2017 executive-signature
• 2018-05-10 New Business/House Proposal of Amendment

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7484e211-acf0-4c49-9dcf-1c9140adfa9c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).