republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2023-2024/s-278.md

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Bill	An act relating to prohibiting a comparative negligence defense in an action for a negligence claim relating to a sexual act or sexual conduct	An act relating to prohibiting a comparative negligence defense in an action for a negligence claim relating to a sexual act or sexual conduct	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2023-2024	S 278	Vermont S 278 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Richard Sears Jr. Tanya Vyhovsky	9	38	0	2024-01-17	2024-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/c8a3b6b7-2c17-49fd-8266-2d10aab146d2	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/3802	a744de696c8e310ce2741034eeff69713ab9620e93f9c23d84c3ae657ec0b669	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 278 (2023-2024) — An act relating to prohibiting a comparative negligence defense in an action for a negligence claim relating to a sexual act or sexual conduct

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 Senate (Official) (committee substitute) — source
5. As Passed By the Senate (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. House Proposal of Amendment (Official) (committee substitute) — source
9. House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Richard Sears Jr. — primary (person)
• Tanya Vyhovsky — primary (person)
• Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
• Andrew Perchlik — cosponsor (person)
• Anne Watson — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Wrenner — cosponsor (person)
• Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Hardy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-17 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary introduction
• 2024-02-23 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2024-02-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-02-23 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
• 2024-02-27 3rd reading ordered
• 2024-02-28 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Read 3rd time & passed reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Title amended
• 2024-02-29 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary introduction
• 2024-03-26 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-03-27 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-03-27 Rep. Burditt of West Rutland moved to postpone action until 03/28/2024, which was agreed to
• 2024-03-28 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-03-28 Rep. LaLonde of South Burlington moved to postpone action until 03/29/2024, which was agreed to
• 2024-03-29 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-03-29 Rep. Burditt of West Rutland moved to postpone action until 4/02/2024, which was agreed to
• 2024-04-02 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-04-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-04-02 Rep. Burditt of West Rutland reported for the Committee on Judiciary
• 2024-04-02 Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
• 2024-04-03 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2024-04-03 Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2024-04-04 House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2024-04-05 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2024-04-05 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-09 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-09 House proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-09 House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-09 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2024-04-10 Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-16 Delivered to Governor on April 16, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-23 Signed by Governor on April 22, 2024 executive-signature
• 2024-04-24 Senate Message: Signed by Governor 4/22/2024 executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Third Reading ordered reading-3

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8a3b6b7-2c17-49fd-8266-2d10aab146d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).