H 41 Vermont House · 2023-2024 Regular Session

An act relating to referral of domestic and sexual violence cases to community justice centers

This bill requires Vermont's Community Justice Unit to work with community justice centers and law enforcement to refer domestic and sexual violence cases to these centers. It mandates that the Attorney General's office submit two reports to the state legislature by December 2025 and July 2028 to track the program's implementation, effectiveness, and available resources. The legislation updates existing laws to include law enforcement and prosecutors as referral sources while maintaining oversight through required reporting to judicial committees.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Jan 11, 2023 Signed May 8, 2023
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Amendments
12
May 8, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by Governor on May 8, 2023
executive
May 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
Delivered to the Governor on May 2, 2023
lower
Apr 21, 2023
Introduced
House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
upper
Apr 20, 2023
Introduced
Senate proposal of amendment concurred in
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Introduced
Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Introduced
Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment
lower
Apr 18, 2023
Introduced
Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
lower
Apr 14, 2023
Introduced
Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
upper
Apr 13, 2023
Introduced
Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
upper
Apr 13, 2023
Introduced
Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary
upper
Apr 13, 2023
Introduced
Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
upper
Apr 12, 2023
Introduced
Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Introduced
Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary
upper
Feb 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
lower
Feb 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Rep. Dolan of Essex Junction reported for the Committee on Judiciary
lower
Feb 24, 2023
Introduced
Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
lower
Feb 23, 2023
Introduced
Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
lower
Jan 11, 2023
Introduced
Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Karen Dolan
DDemocratic
VT
Chittenden-22