republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2021-2022/h-533.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to forfeited property disposition and a study assessing civil and criminal seizure and forfeiture of property in drug-related offenses"
description: "An act relating to forfeited property disposition and a study assessing civil and criminal seizure and forfeiture of property in drug-related offenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 533"
citation: "Vermont H 533 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Rachelson", "Felisha Leffler", "Maxine Grad"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a77bf53-49e7-4fc8-b8ea-8900b008b5c0"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1568"
source_hash: "5f1624e5e107093621c5bd8f569f1dd97557b992437117b8566ace19b092ebd4"
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 533 (2021-2022) — An act relating to forfeited property disposition and a study assessing civil and criminal seizure and forfeiture of property in drug-related offenses

## 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-0533/H-0533%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT141/ACT141%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT141/ACT141%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0533/H-0533%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0533/H-0533%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Barbara Rachelson — primary (person)
- Felisha Leffler — primary (person)
- Maxine Grad — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-02-25** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-02-25** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2022-03-16** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-17** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-17** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17** Rep. Leffler of Enosburgh reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2022-03-17** Rep. Squirrell of Underhill recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-03-17** Report of the Committee on Judiciary amended as recommended by the Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-03-17** Report of Committee on Judiciary as amended agreed to
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-03-18** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-18** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-05-06** Rules suspended & bill committed to Committee on Appropriations with the report of Committee on Judiciary intact, on motion of Senator Sears
- **2022-05-10** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-05-10** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-10** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-10** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2022-05-10** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-05-10** Reported favorably by Senator Baruth for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-10** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-10** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-05-11** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-05-11** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Sears `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-11** Pending third reading, motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment offered by Senator(s) Sears `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2022-05-11** Proposal of amendment agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-11** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2022-05-11** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2022-05-11** Senate Message, passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-11** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-05-11** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-11** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-05-11** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-12** Delivered to the Governor on May 23, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Governor on May 27, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** House message: Governor approved bill on May 27, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a77bf53-49e7-4fc8-b8ea-8900b008b5c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).