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type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to limiting earned good time sentence reductions for offenders convicted of certain crimes"
description: "An act relating to limiting earned good time sentence reductions for offenders convicted of certain crimes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 18"
citation: "Vermont S 18 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard Sears"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6e95076-242f-41eb-99e0-785b300fc48e"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/411"
source_hash: "33e83b02a446e2a701b61035eb0170142cc8f1924b8969bad54a43ca5534010f"
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 S 18 (2021-2022) — An act relating to limiting earned good time sentence reductions for offenders convicted of certain crimes
## 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/S-0018/S-0018%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT012/ACT012%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT012/ACT012%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0018/S-0018%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0018/S-0018%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Richard Sears — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-13** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-02-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-02-16** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2021-02-17** 3rd reading ordered
- **2021-02-18** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Referred to the Committee on Corrections and Institutions
- **2021-04-06** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Rep. Sullivan of Dorset reported for the Committee on Corrections and Institutions
- **2021-04-06** Report of Committee on Corrections and Institutions agreed to
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Rep. Savage of Swanton asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
- **2021-04-07** Read Third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2021-04-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-04-09** House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-13** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-14** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-14** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-14** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-20** Delivered to Governor on April 20, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-27** Signed by Governor on April 26, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-27** Senate Message, signed by Governor April 26, 2021 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6e95076-242f-41eb-99e0-785b300fc48e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).