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type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to sexual exploitation of children and limited immunity from liability for a person reporting a crime."
description: "An act relating to sexual exploitation of children and limited immunity from liability for a person reporting a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 18"
citation: "Vermont H 18 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Burditt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/200d3bb4-9d96-4c7c-9bda-fc5eaa977b0d"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/159"
source_hash: "addac1f7fe2df2797904fe792d5739ed61e0d037de29395517ce9e954e5798f5"
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 18 (2021-2022) — An act relating to sexual exploitation of children and limited immunity from liability for a person reporting a crime.
## 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/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0018/H-0018%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT029/ACT029%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT029/ACT029%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0018/H-0018%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0018/H-0018%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Thomas Burditt — primary (person)
- Maxine Grad — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-07** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-02-04** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** Rep. Burditt of West Rutland reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2021-02-04** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2021-02-04** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2021-02-10** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-04-22** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-04-22** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-23** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-23** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator White for Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-23** 3rd reading ordered
- **2021-04-27** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Senate Message, passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-30** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-11** Delivered to the Governor on May 11, 2021 `passage`
- **2021-05-17** Signed by Governor on May 17, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** House message: Governor approved bill on May 17, 2021
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/200d3bb4-9d96-4c7c-9bda-fc5eaa977b0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).