---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to employee misclassification"
description: "An act relating to employee misclassification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 108"
citation: "Vermont S 108 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Pearson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2020-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/337bfae0-5ba3-4554-8096-c358e3515845"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/428"
source_hash: "7c755fa534701a6fb20c59bbe190643636d91ba39e397d6e6205d570e5d10aa8"
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 108 (2019-2020) — An act relating to employee misclassification

## 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/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0108/S-0108%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT085/ACT085%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT085/ACT085%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0108/S-0108%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0108/S-0108%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call, requested by Senator Sirotkin, Passed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Christopher Pearson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- **2019-03-15** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-19** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-03-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- **2019-03-19** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Sirotkin for Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- **2019-03-19** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs agreed to
- **2019-03-19** Roll Call, requested by Senator Sirotkin, Passed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
- **2019-03-19** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-03-20** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-20** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2019-03-22** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2019-05-10** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2019-05-10** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-10** Read Second Time
- **2019-05-10** Rep. Kornheiser of Brattleboro reported for the committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2019-05-10** Rep. Hooper of Montpelier recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-10** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development agreed to.
- **2019-05-10** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-05-13** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-13** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-13** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2019-05-14** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-14** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-15** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-16** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-16** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-16** House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Sirotkin
- **2019-05-16** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Sirotkin, Clarkson, and Hooker
- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-16** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment not concurred in and committee of conference appointed
- **2019-05-16** Speaker appointed Hill of Wolcott, Kornheiser of Brattleboro and Marcotte of Coventry as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2020-02-04** Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) `passage`
- **2020-02-06** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-02-06** Committee of Conference Report
- **2020-02-06** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2020-02-07** New Business/Committee of Conference Report
- **2020-02-07** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Sirotkin for Committee, text
- **2020-02-07** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2020-02-07** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Senate message, report of committee of conference adopted
- **2020-02-14** Delivered to Governor on February 14, 2020
- **2020-02-20** Signed by Governor on February 20, 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/337bfae0-5ba3-4554-8096-c358e3515845`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).