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The Senate Committee on Judiciary has jurisdiction over matters relating to judicial and legal affairs; and motor vehicle and homeowner liability insurance.

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  • H.4 - An act relating to calculating time periods in court proceedings
  • H.14 - An act relating to automated external defibrillators
  • H.25 - An act relating to domestic terrorism
  • H.27 - An act relating to eliminating the statute of limitations on prosecutions for sexual assault
  • H.35 - An act relating to adopting the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act
  • H.74 - An act relating to domestic and sexual violence
  • H.132 - An act relating to limiting landowner liability for posting the dangers of swimming holes
  • H.143 - An act relating to automobile insurance requirements and transportation network companies
  • H.152 - An act relating to the Vermont Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act
  • H.167 - An act relating to alternative approaches to addressing low-level illicit drug use
  • H.170 - An act relating to possession and cultivation of marijuana by a person 21 years of age or older
  • H.171 - An act relating to expungement
  • H.218 - An act relating to the adequate shelter of dogs and cats
  • H.237 - An act relating to saliva testing
  • H.290 - An act relating to clarifying ambiguities relating to real estate titles and conveyances
  • H.297 - An act relating to miscellaneous court operations procedures
  • H.300 - An act relating to the statute of limitations for recovery and possession of property actions against the grantee of a tax collector’s deed
  • H.308 - An act relating to the Racial Disparities in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice System Advisory Panel
  • H.422 - An act relating to removal of firearms from a person arrested or cited for domestic assault
  • H.502 - An act relating to modernizing Vermont’s parentage laws
  • H.503 - An act relating to to criminal justice
  • H.511 - An act relating to eliminating penalties for possession of limited amounts of marijuana by adults 21 years of age or older
  • H.562 - An act relating to parentage proceedings
  • H.563 - An act relating to repealing the crimes of vagrancy
  • H.566 - An act relating to animal cruelty
  • H.603 - An act relating to human trafficking
  • H.611 - An act relating to compensation for victims of crime
  • H.615 - An act relating to prohibiting the use of drones near correctional facilities
  • H.636 - An act relating to miscellaneous fish and wildlife subjects
  • H.660 - An act relating to establishing the Commission on Sentencing Disparities and Criminal Code Reclassification
  • H.675 - An act relating to conditions of release prior to trial
  • H.711 - An act relating to employment protections for crime victims
  • H.718 - An act relating to creation of the Restorative Justice Study Committee
  • H.727 - An act relating to the admissibility of a child’s hearsay statements in a proceeding before the Human Services Board
  • H.728 - An act relating to bail reform
  • H.799 - An act relating to notice of sale of property subject to unpaid property taxes
  • H.836 - An act relating to electronic court filings for relief from abuse orders
  • H.917 - An act relating to the Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to transportation-related law
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  • S.3 - An act relating to mental health professionals’ duty to warn
  • S.5 - An act relating to plea agreements
  • S.6 - An act relating to requiring background checks for the transfer of firearms
  • S.7 - An act relating to deferred sentences and the sex offender registry
  • S.12 - An act relating to increasing the maximum prison sentence for first, second, and subsequent offenses of aggravated animal cruelty
  • S.16 - An act relating to expanding patient access to the Medical Marijuana Registry
  • S.22 - An act relating to eliminating penalties for possession of limited amounts of marijuana by adults 21 years of age and older
  • S.23 - An act relating to juvenile jurisdiction
  • S.29 - An act relating to decedents’ estates
  • S.39 - An act relating to the repeal of the crime of obtaining maps and plans while at war
  • S.49 - An act relating to jurors’ compensation
  • S.55 - An act relating to the disposition of unlawful and abandoned firearms
  • S.61 - An act relating to offenders with mental illness, inmate records, and inmate services
  • S.69 - An act relating to an employer’s compliance with an income withholding order from another state
  • S.79 - An act relating to freedom from compulsory collection of personal information
  • S.86 - An act relating to expungement
  • S.87 - An act relating to sexual exploitation of students
  • S.96 - An act relating to a news media privilege
  • S.104 - An act relating to nonresidential improvement fraud
  • S.105 - An act relating to consumer justice enforcement
  • S.107 - An act relating to limiting drug-related criminal liability and civil forfeiture actions against persons associated with an approved safer drug consumption program
  • S.116 - An act relating to the Racial Justice Oversight Board
  • S.123 - An act relating to limiting liability for animal shelter and rescue organizations assisting law enforcement in animal cruelty investigations
  • S.124 - An act relating to community-based electronic monitoring
  • S.134 - An act relating to court diversion and pretrial services
  • S.136 - An act relating to miscellaneous consumer protection provisions
  • S.150 - An act relating to automated license plate recognition systems
  • S.173 - An act relating to sealing criminal history records when there is no conviction
  • S.179 - An act relating to offender and inmate records
  • S.197 - An act relating to liability for toxic substance exposures or releases
  • S.216 - An act relating to the administration of Vermont’s Medical Marijuana Registry
  • S.221 - An act relating to establishing extreme risk protection orders
  • S.222 - An act relating to miscellaneous judiciary procedures
  • S.234 - An act relating to adjudicating all teenagers in the Family Division, except those charged with a serious violent felony
  • S.237 - An act relating to providing representation to needy persons concerning immigration matters
  • S.244 - An act relating to extending the repeal date for the guidelines for spousal maintenance awards
  • S.260 - An act relating to funding the cleanup of State waters
  • S.267 - An act relating to timing of a decree nisi in a divorce proceeding
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  • Sen. Dick Sears Jr., Chair
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  • Sen. Jeanette K. White
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