republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/s-209.md

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Bill	An act relating to prohibiting civil arrest in sensitive locations	An act relating to prohibiting civil arrest in sensitive locations	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	S 209	Vermont S 209 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Tanya Vyhovsky	8	37	2	2026-01-06	2026-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/3c013068-e668-42ee-9637-97c5e3c15efb	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1518	0c91863ea3aeeb248f759837e1f78db305e7edd8d4e1354892dda808f8daf6d6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 209 (2025-2026) — An act relating to prohibiting civil arrest in sensitive locations

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Enacted (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed By the Senate (Official) (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source
5. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official) (committee substitute) — source
6. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source
7. House Proposal of Amendment (Official) (committee substitute) — source
8. House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 70 of 139 to Pass -- Yeas = 109, Nays = 30 — 109–30 (pass) · lower
• 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 2 — 27–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tanya Vyhovsky — primary (person)
• Andrew Perchlik — cosponsor (person)
• Anne Watson — cosponsor (person)
• Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
• Nader Hashim — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
• Seth Bongartz — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-06 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary introduction
• 2026-02-11 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-02-11 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-02-11 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-02-12 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2026-02-12 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
• 2026-02-12 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 2
• 2026-02-13 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-02-13 Read 3rd time & passed reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary introduction
• 2026-05-06 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-05-07 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-05-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-07 Rep. Goodnow of Brattleboro reported for the Committee on Judiciary
• 2026-05-07 Rep. Greer of Bennington moved to amend the report of the Committee on Judiciary
• 2026-05-07 Rep. Greer of Bennington asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
• 2026-05-07 Rep. Dolan of Essex Junction demanded yeas and nays
• 2026-05-07 Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
• 2026-05-07 Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 70 of 139 to Pass -- Yeas = 109, Nays = 30
• 2026-05-07 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2026-05-08 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-05-08 Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2026-05-12 House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2026-05-13 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-13 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-14 New Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-15 Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-19 Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-19 House proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-19 House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-19 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2026-05-20 Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-29 Delivered to Governor on June 10, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-05-29 Signed by Governor on June 16, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-05-29 Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 16, 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c013068-e668-42ee-9637-97c5e3c15efb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).