Vermont 2026 Biennium Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 4 D · 1 R · 1 I cosponsors

S.9 — An act relating to after-hours access to orders against sexual assault

Last action — Senate Message: Signed by Governor 5/1/2025

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced January 15, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Signed by Governor Phil Scott (Republican) on May 02, 2025.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 3 parties (4 D · 1 R · 1 I) — cross-party backing.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

An act relating to after-hours access to orders against sexual assault

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Senate Message: Signed by Governor 5/1/2025

  2. Signed by Governor on May 1, 2025

  3. Delivered to Governor on April 25, 2025

  4. Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in

  5. As passed by Senate and House

  6. House proposal of amendment concurred in

  7. House proposal of amendment; text

  8. Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Norris, Baruth, Hashim, Mattos, and Vyhovsky

  9. Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment

  10. Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment

  11. Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment

  12. Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment

  13. New Business/House Proposal of Amendment

  14. House proposal of amendment

  15. Entered on Notice Calendar

  16. House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment

  17. Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment

  18. Action Calendar: Third Reading

  19. Third Reading ordered

  20. Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to

  21. Rep. Oliver of Sheldon reported for the Committee on Judiciary

  22. Read second time

  23. Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment

  24. Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment

  25. Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

  26. Read 3rd time & passed

  27. New Business/Third Reading

  28. 3rd reading ordered

  29. Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to

  30. Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Norris for Committee on Judiciary

  31. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary

  32. Second Reading

  33. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary

  34. Second Reading

  35. Entered on Notice Calendar

  36. Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 184 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (184)

184 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does S.9 do?
An act relating to after-hours access to orders against sexual assault
Who sponsors S.9?
S.9 is sponsored by Ruth E Hardy (Democrat), Martine Larocque L Gulick (Democrat), Robert W Norris (Republican), Robert Plunkett (Democrat), Tanya C Vyhovsky (Progressive/Democrat), and Rebecca "Becca" E White (Democrat).
What is the current status of S.9?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced January 15, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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