republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2021-2022/s-7.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 expanding access to expungement and sealing of criminal history records	An act relating to expanding access to expungement and sealing of criminal history records	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2021-2022	S 7	Vermont S 7 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Richard Sears	5	29	1	2021-01-12	2021-05-21	openstates	ocd-bill/2b551cbc-e4e1-4056-b7c4-e1e13e59648f	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/171	237bdd0a1ffddf2c1e1f9000bf5325ab6b231c99ec0f1b1e73862b01eb4cd8a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 7 (2021-2022) — An act relating to expanding access to expungement and sealing of criminal history records

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 Sears, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — 30–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Richard Sears — primary (person)
• Jeanette White — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Benning — cosponsor (person)
• Philip Baruth — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary introduction
• 2021-03-11 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2021-03-11 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage
• 2021-03-12 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-03-12 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage
• 2021-03-12 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Benning for Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2021-03-12 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
• 2021-03-12 3rd reading ordered
• 2021-03-16 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2021-03-16 Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Sears, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 reading-3
• 2021-03-18 Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary introduction
• 2021-05-18 Read Second time reading-2
• 2021-05-18 Rep. Colburn of Burlington reported for the Committee on Judiciary
• 2021-05-18 Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
• 2021-05-18 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2021-05-19 Read Third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2021-05-19 Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2021-05-19 House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2021-05-20 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2021-05-20 House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-20 Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Balint
• 2021-05-20 House proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-20 House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-20 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2021-05-20 Rules suspended & ordered delivered to Governor forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint executive-receipt
• 2021-05-20 Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-21 Delivered to Governor on June 1, 2021 executive-receipt
• 2021-05-21 Signed by Governor on June 7, 2021 executive-signature
• 2021-05-21 Senate Message, signed by Governor June 7, 2021 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b551cbc-e4e1-4056-b7c4-e1e13e59648f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).