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Senate Judiciary reviews bill to bar civil arrests in schools, shelters and state buildings
Summary
Sen. Vojoski and Legislative Council counsel walked committee through S209, which would expand Vermont's existing courthouse civil-arrest protections to state and municipal buildings, schools, shelters and health-care facilities, preserve exceptions for judicial warrants, and allow civil remedies against unlawful arrests.
Senator Vojoski introduced S209 on Jan. 7, describing it as "a fairly simple little bill" that would extend a statutory privilege against civil arrest beyond courthouses to state and municipal buildings, schools, community-based shelters and health-care facilities.
Rick Segal of the Office of Legislative Council told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the measure builds on Act 153 (2022), which codified a long-standing courthouse protection. Segal said the bill adds several additional locations to the statute so that "a person shall not be subject to civil arrest while traveling to, entering, remaining at, or returning from" those places, unless a judicial…
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