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type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to modernizing Vermont's parentage laws"
description: "An act relating to modernizing Vermont's parentage laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 502"
citation: "Vermont H. 502 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-17"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42895c64-a052-4c2f-bc46-67b8eee1aa3b"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/656"
source_hash: "37a2fc450de300065e4504fea5244712480fa13ec3732eb604c37ac3c01f16a9"
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. 502 (2017-2018) — An act relating to modernizing Vermont's parentage laws
## 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-0502/H-0502%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT031/ACT031%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT031/ACT031%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0502/H-0502%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0502/H-0502%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- House Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-03-17** Committee Bill read first time
- **2017-03-22** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-22** Rep. Colburn of Burlington spoke for the committee on Judiciary
- **2017-03-22** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-23** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-04-17** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-18** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-18** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-18** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Nitka for Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-18** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2017-04-18** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-04-19** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-19** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-04-25** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-04-25** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Rules Suspended and Action on the bill messaged to the Senate forthwith and the bill delivered to the Governor forthwith as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton. `passage`
- **2017-04-26** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Governor on May 10, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-10** House message: Governor approved bill on May 10, 2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42895c64-a052-4c2f-bc46-67b8eee1aa3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).