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type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to expungement"
description: "An act relating to expungement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 171"
citation: "Vermont H. 171 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maxine Grad"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59d82df6-a2c5-4bbf-9576-1c1517570a13"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/411"
source_hash: "211ef62d01ae4bf2174a6939b2fdd25bfea3d67682bd13055c43efabb7922281"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-vt"]
---
# Vermont H. 171 (2017-2018) — An act relating to expungement
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0171/H-0171%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT057/ACT057%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT057/ACT057%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0171/H-0171%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0171/H-0171%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Votes
- Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 72 of 142 to Pass -- Yeas = 61, Nays = 81 — **6181** (fail) · legislature
- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 140 to Pass -- Yeas = 89, Nays = 51 — **8951** (pass) · legislature
- Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 55, Nays = 86 — **5586** (fail) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Maxine Grad — primary (person)
- Charles "Chip" Conquest — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Martin LaLonde — cosponsor (person)
- Ruqaiyah "Kiah" Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Burditt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-01** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-03-01** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-01** Rep. Lalonde of South Burlington reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2017-03-01** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to.
- **2017-03-01** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-02** Rep. Murphy of Fairfax and Donahue of Northfield moved to amend the bill
- **2017-03-02** Which was disagreed to
- **2017-03-02** Rep. Browning of Arlington moved to amend the bill
- **2017-03-02** Rep. Lucke of Hartford asked that the question be divided
- **2017-03-02** Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 55, Nays = 86
- **2017-03-02** First Instance of amendment disagreed to
- **2017-03-02** Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 72 of 142 to Pass -- Yeas = 61, Nays = 81
- **2017-03-02** Second instance of amendment disagreed to
- **2017-03-02** Read Third time
- **2017-03-02** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 140 to Pass -- Yeas = 89, Nays = 51
- **2017-03-02** Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-03** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-05** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-05** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-06** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-06** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-07** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-06** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Benning for Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-06** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2017-04-06** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-04-07** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-04-13** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-04-13** Senate Proposal of Amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Lalonde of South Burlington
- **2017-04-13** Speaker appointed Lalonde of South Burlington, Conquest of Newbury and Willhoit of St. Johnsbury as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2017-04-14** House message House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
- **2017-04-20** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Nitka, Sears, and Benning
- **2017-05-03** Committee of Conference Report
- **2017-05-04** New Business/Committee of Conference Report
- **2017-05-04** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Sears for Committee, text
- **2017-05-04** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2017-05-04** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-05** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-05-05** Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill) `passage`
- **2017-05-16** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2017-05-30** Delivered to the Governor on May 30, 2017 `passage`
- **2017-06-05** Signed by Governor on June 5, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-05** House message: Governor approved bill on June 5, 2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59d82df6-a2c5-4bbf-9576-1c1517570a13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).