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type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to incarceration terms for criminal defendants who are primary caretakers of dependent children"
description: "An act relating to incarceration terms for criminal defendants who are primary caretakers of dependent children"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 399"
citation: "Vermont H 399 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynn Batchelor", "Mollie Burke", "Sara Coffey", "Tiffany Bluemle"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2022-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/592a4ab4-e54d-42cb-b802-6c7b82d41e68"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/765"
source_hash: "21b750e3d2e08033683ad150df6d85687b23591c746ff67a320f5f713acbd6c5"
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 399 (2021-2022) — An act relating to incarceration terms for criminal defendants who are primary caretakers of dependent children
## 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-0399/H-0399%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT104/ACT104%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT104/ACT104%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0399/H-0399%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0399/H-0399%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Lynn Batchelor — primary (person)
- Mollie Burke — primary (person)
- Sara Coffey — primary (person)
- Tiffany Bluemle — primary (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
- Gabrielle Stebbins — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Brumsted — cosponsor (person)
- John Killacky — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen James — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence Satcowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Bos-Lun — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-09** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-03-15** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-16** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-16** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-16** Rep. Donnally of Hyde Park reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2022-03-16** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2022-03-16** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-04-20** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-04-20** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-21** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-21** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-21** Reported favorably by Senator Benning for Committee on Judiciary, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-04-22** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-22** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2022-04-26** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-04-29** Delivered to the Governor on April 29, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-05-05** Signed by Governor on May 5, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-06** House message: Governor approved bill on May 5, 2022
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/592a4ab4-e54d-42cb-b802-6c7b82d41e68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).