republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2023-2024/h-45.md

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Bill	An act relating to abusive litigation filed against survivors of domestic abuse, stalking, or sexual assault	An act relating to abusive litigation filed against survivors of domestic abuse, stalking, or sexual assault	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2023-2024	H 45	Vermont H 45 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Katherine Donnally	9	31	0	2023-01-12	2023-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/ab97c450-b147-470d-9c20-f5a65e65710f	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/74	ceb73703907266afe2f0dfebc8bcca6494f5ab807d8c5539b85ad74f105d4278	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont H 45 (2023-2024) — An act relating to abusive litigation filed against survivors of domestic abuse, stalking, or sexual assault

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. As Passed By the House (Official) (committee substitute) — source
5. As Passed By the House (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source
6. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official) (committee substitute) — source
7. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official) (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Katherine Donnally — primary (person)
• Barbara Rachelson — cosponsor (person)
• Martin LaLonde — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-12 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary introduction
• 2023-01-31 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2023-02-01 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2023-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-02-01 Rep. Rachelson of Burlington reported for the Committee on Judiciary
• 2023-02-01 Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
• 2023-02-01 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2023-02-02 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2023-02-02 Amendment as offered by Rep. Rachelson of Burlington agreed to
• 2023-02-02 Read third time and passed reading-3
• 2023-02-07 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary introduction
• 2023-05-03 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2023-05-03 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary amendment-introduction
• 2023-05-04 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2023-05-04 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary amendment-introduction
• 2023-05-04 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2023-05-04 Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to amendment-introduction
• 2023-05-04 3rd reading ordered
• 2023-05-05 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2023-05-08 Unfinished Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2023-05-09 Unfinished Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2023-05-09 Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2023-05-09 Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth passage
• 2023-05-09 Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2023-05-10 Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2023-05-10 Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2023-05-10 Senate proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2023-05-11 House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2023-05-12 Delivered to the Governor on May 31, 2023 passage
• 2023-05-12 Signed by Governor on June 6, 2023 executive-signature
• 2023-05-12 House message: Governor approved bill on June 6, 2023

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ab97c450-b147-470d-9c20-f5a65e65710f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).