---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to an employer's compliance with an income withholding order from another state"
description: "An act relating to an employer's compliance with an income withholding order from another state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 69"
citation: "Vermont S. 69 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard Sears"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50dca124-2bd2-47ee-92d9-ecdff2596e71"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/809"
source_hash: "5909ed2831fa1c3223c5ec6cd13ba66ca18beb4f97582102cc58025715f0f6d1"
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. 69 (2017-2018) — An act relating to an employer's compliance with an income withholding order from another state

## 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/S-0069/S-0069%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT018/ACT018%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT018/ACT018%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0069/S-0069%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0069/S-0069%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Richard Sears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-02-28** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-03-01** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-03-01** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-03-01** Reported favorably by Senator Nitka for Committee on Judiciary, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-03-02** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-05** Read Second Time
- **2017-04-05** Rep. Lalonde of South Burlington recommended for the committee on Judiciary
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-04-06** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2017-04-07** House message House passed bill in concurrence
- **2017-04-07** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Delivered to Governor on April 25, 2017
- **2017-05-01** Signed by Governor on May 1, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Senate Message, Signed by Governor May 1, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50dca124-2bd2-47ee-92d9-ecdff2596e71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).