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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An act relating to expanding employment protections and collective bargaining rights"
+description: "An act relating to expanding employment protections and collective bargaining rights"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
+legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "S 102"
+citation: "Vermont S 102 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kesha Ram Hinsdale"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-24"
+last_action: "2024-05-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2716edf0-64bc-48a8-b8f1-83f999f3434a"
+source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/237"
+source_hash: "54e2d022ef25fb8b18028dbd2d256699a8a066b373da244f790e9cabcd0f5b8d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-vt"]
+---
+
+# Vermont S 102 (2023-2024) — An act relating to expanding employment protections and collective bargaining rights
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0102/S-0102%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
+2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT117/ACT117%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
+3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT117/ACT117%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
+4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0102/S-0102%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
+5. **As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0102/S-0102%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
+6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0102/S-0102%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
+7. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0102/S-0102%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
+8. **House Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0102/S-0102%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
+9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0102/S-0102%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Brock, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 23, Nays = 7 — **23–7** (pass) · upper
+- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 115, Nays = 26 — **115–26** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kesha Ram Hinsdale — primary (person)
+- Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrew Perchlik — cosponsor (person)
+- Ann Cummings — cosponsor (person)
+- Anne Watson — cosponsor (person)
+- Irene Wrenner — cosponsor (person)
+- Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
+- Nader Hashim — cosponsor (person)
+- Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard McCormack — cosponsor (person)
+- Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)
+- Virginia Lyons — cosponsor (person)
+- Wendy Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-24** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `introduction`
+- **2023-03-21** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2023-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-21** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
+- **2023-03-24** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2023-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-24** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-24** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-28** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-28** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-28** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-29** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-30** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-30** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Ram Hinsdale for Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-30** Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-30** Senator(s) Brock motion to amend recommendation of amendment; text
+- **2023-03-30** Recommendation of amendment disagreed to
+- **2023-03-30** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs agreed to
+- **2023-03-30** 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Brock, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 23, Nays = 7
+- **2023-03-31** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-31** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-05** Read first time and referred to the Committee on General and Housing `introduction`
+- **2024-05-02** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
+- **2024-05-02** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
+- **2024-05-03** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
+- **2024-05-04** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
+- **2024-05-06** Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
+- **2024-05-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-05-06** Rep. Chesnut-Tangerman of Middletown Springs reported for the Committee on General and Housing
+- **2024-05-06** Rep. Bluemle of Burlington recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
+- **2024-05-06** Report of Committee on General and Housing agreed to
+- **2024-05-06** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-07** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-07** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-07** Rep. Cina of Burlington demanded yeas and nays
+- **2024-05-07** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 115, Nays = 26
+- **2024-05-07** Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
+- **2024-05-09** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
+- **2024-05-09** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Clarkson
+- **2024-05-09** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
+- **2024-05-09** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
+- **2024-05-09** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
+- **2024-05-09** Rules suspended & action messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth
+- **2024-05-10** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
+- **2024-05-10** Delivered to Governor on May 22, 2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-10** Allowed to become law without signature of Governor on May 28, 2024 `became-law`
+- **2024-05-10** Senate Message: Allowed to become law without Governor's signature on May 28, 2024
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2716edf0-64bc-48a8-b8f1-83f999f3434a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
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