2019-2020 Session
Change SessionS.119 (Act 165)
An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
- Sponsor(s)
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- Sen. Deborah Ingram
- Additional Sponsors
- Sen. Christopher Pearson
- Sen. Anthony Pollina
- Last Recorded Action
- Senate 9/25/2020 - Allowed to become law without signature of Governor on October 7, 2020
Bill/Resolution Text
- Other Text
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An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Detailed Status
Regular Session 2019-2020
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An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Roll Call History
Regular Session 2019-2020
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An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Committee Meetings
Regular Session 2019-2020
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An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Meeting Full List
Regular Session 2019-2020
Friday, June 19, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Mark up and Vote
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- 8:30 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Joint Hearing with House Committee on Judiciary
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Walk-through and Testimony
Michael Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
- 12:00 PM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 8:30 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Joint Hearing with House Government Operations.
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Walk-through and Testimony.
Michael Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
Bor Yang, Executive Director, VT Human Rights Commission
Xusana Davis, Executive Director of Racial Equity, Agency of Administration
- 12:00 PM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Joint Hearing with House Government Operations.
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 12:00 PM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Joint Hearing with House Government Operations Committee
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- 12:10 PM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Thursday, June 25, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- 9:00 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
- 12:00 PM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Thursday, June 25, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 9:00 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Joint Hearing with House Committee on Government Operations
- 12:00 PM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Joint Hearing with House Committee on Government Operations
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- 2:30 PM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Walk Through
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- 11:38 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Joint Meeting with House Judiciary and Senate Judiciary
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
Review Amendment
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Review Amendment
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 11:30 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Joint meeting with House Government Operations and Senate Judiciary
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
Review Amendment
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 10:30 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Review and walk-through
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
Proposed amendment
Thursday, September 3, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
- 9:30 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Update on House Changes
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
Thursday, September 3, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 10:30 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
As passed by Senate
Bor Yang, Executive Director, VT Human Rights Commission
Proposed Amendment
Wilda White, Chair, Mental Health Crisis Response Commission
Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Northfield
Kiah Morris, Movement Politics Director, Rights and Democracy Vermont
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
- 10:30 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Julio Thompson, Director, Civil Rights Unit, Office of the Attorney General
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 10:30 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Committee Amendment
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
Zoraya Hightower, Councilor, Burlington City Council
Robert Appel, Attorney
Laurie Emerson, Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Vermont
Brian Peete, Chief of Police, Montpelier, Vermont Police Association
Thursday, September 10, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
- 9:30 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
Michael E. Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
Matthew Birmingham, Vermont State Police, Department of Public Safety
Julio Thompson, Director, Civil Rights Unit, Office of the Attorney General
Thursday, September 10, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 12:30 PM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Committee Amendment
James Pepper, Deputy State's Attorney, Department of State's Attorneys & Sheriffs
Rory Thibault, State's Attorney, Washington County
Falko Schilling, Advocacy Director, ACLU of Vermont
T.J. Donovan, Vermont Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
Friday, September 11, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 10:30 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Committee Amendment
Shawn Burke, Chief, South Burlington Police Department, Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police
Drew Bloom, Director of Administration, Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council
Michael E. Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
Julio Thompson, Director, Civil Rights Unit, Office of the Attorney General
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
- 10:00 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
Rep. Martin LaLonde, , South Burlington
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 11:00 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Committee Amendment
Kiah Morris, Movement Politics Director, Rights and Democracy Vermont
Brian Peete, Chief of Police, Montpelier, Vermont Police Association
Falko Schilling, Advocacy Director, ACLU of Vermont
Wilda White, Founder, MadFreedom
David Scherr, Assistant Attorney General, Vermont Attorney General's Office
Julio Thompson, Director, Civil Rights Unit, Office of the Attorney General
Michael E. Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
Thursday, September 17, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
- 10:00 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
Marshall Clement, Deputy Director, Policy and Strategic Planning, Council of State Governments
Terrence Lynn, Deputy Division Director, Law Enforcement, Council of State Governments
Elizabeth Novotny, Lobbyist, Vermont Police Association
Michael E. Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
Thursday, September 17, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 11:45 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Committee Discussion and Possible Vote
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
Friday, September 18, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 8:30 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Review Draft, Committee Discussion and Vote
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 9:30 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Proposed amendment
Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Sponsor of amendment
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- 8:50 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Review
Rep. Martin LaLonde
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
- 10:30 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Committee Discussion
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
Michael E. Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
Friday, September 25, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 9:30 AM
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S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Response to Senate action
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
Committee Documents
An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2019-2020
House Committee on Government Operations
- Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
- Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Rep. Martin LaLonde
- Michael Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
House Committee on Judiciary
- Robert Appel, Attorney
- Drew Bloom, Director of Administration, Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council
- Shawn Burke, Chief, South Burlington Police Department, Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police
- Xusana Davis, Executive Director of Racial Equity, Agency of Administration
- Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Northfield
- Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Sponsor of amendment
- T.J. Donovan, Vermont Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
- Laurie Emerson, Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Vermont
- Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
- Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Zoraya Hightower, Councilor, Burlington City Council
- Kiah Morris, Movement Politics Director, Rights and Democracy Vermont
- Brian Peete, Chief of Police, Montpelier, Vermont Police Association
- James Pepper, Deputy State's Attorney, Department of State's Attorneys & Sheriffs
- David Scherr, Assistant Attorney General, Vermont Attorney General's Office
- Falko Schilling, Advocacy Director, ACLU of Vermont
- Michael Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
- Michael E. Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
- Rory Thibault, State's Attorney, Washington County
- Julio Thompson, Director, Civil Rights Unit, Office of the Attorney General
- Wilda White, Chair, Mental Health Crisis Response Commission
- Wilda White, Founder, MadFreedom
- Bor Yang, Executive Director, VT Human Rights Commission
Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Matthew Birmingham, Vermont State Police, Department of Public Safety
- Marshall Clement, Deputy Director, Policy and Strategic Planning, Council of State Governments
- Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
- Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
- Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Rep. Martin LaLonde, , South Burlington
- Terrence Lynn, Deputy Division Director, Law Enforcement, Council of State Governments
- Elizabeth Novotny, Lobbyist, Vermont Police Association
- Michael E. Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
- Julio Thompson, Director, Civil Rights Unit, Office of the Attorney General
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No fiscal documents found for S.119 in the Regular Session 2019-2020.
No committee of conference members found for S.119 in the Regular Session 2019-2020.
An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Committee of Conference Meetings
Regular Session 2019-2020
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An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Committee of Conference Meeting Full List
Regular Session 2019-2020
No committee of conference meeting history found for S.119 in the Regular Session 2019-2020.
No committee of conference report found for S.119 in the Regular Session 2019-2020.
Act
An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
Statutes Affected
Regular Session 2019-2020
| Statute |
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| 13 V.S.A. § 1032. Law enforcement use of chokeholds |
| 13 V.S.A. § 2305. Justifiable homicide |
| 20 V.S.A. § 2358. Minimum training standards; definitions |
| 20 V.S.A. § 2368. Standards for law enforcement use of force |
