---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to social media privacy for employees"
description: "An act relating to social media privacy for employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 462"
citation: "Vermont H. 462 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Hill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-24"
last_action: "2017-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1aa9a44f-4e45-43a0-bfcb-67bbf28ac916"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/704"
source_hash: "a25e50612e8e28329b789719c55bec4efcb1c89fa99f1811a720020a6ba45886"
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 H. 462 (2017-2018) — An act relating to social media privacy for employees

## 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/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0462/H-0462%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT037/ACT037%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT037/ACT037%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0462/H-0462%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0462/H-0462%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Matthew Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-24** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2017-03-22** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-22** Rep. Hill of Wolcott reported for the committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2017-03-22** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development agreed to.
- **2017-03-22** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-23** Rep. Donahue of Northfield moved to amend the bill
- **2017-03-23** Which was agreed to
- **2017-03-23** Read Third time
- **2017-03-23** Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `introduction`
- **2017-04-17** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- **2017-04-18** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-18** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- **2017-04-18** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Baruth for Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- **2017-04-18** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs agreed to
- **2017-04-18** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-04-19** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-19** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-04-25** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-04-25** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Rules Suspended and Action on the bill messaged to the Senate forthwith and the bill delivered to the Governor forthwith as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton. `passage`
- **2017-04-26** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-17** Signed by Governor on May 17, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-17** House message: Governor approved bill on 5/17/17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1aa9a44f-4e45-43a0-bfcb-67bbf28ac916`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).