---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to background investigations for State employees with access to federal tax information"
description: "An act relating to background investigations for State employees with access to federal tax information"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 134"
citation: "Vermont S 134 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeanette White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b01a9d25-b440-4f43-b9bc-0a8e1e5c02bb"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/967"
source_hash: "311e6751b8542aa57122a0b52d79be87c5ac324791857898e99b9d64674c7621"
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 134 (2019-2020) — An act relating to background investigations for State employees with access to federal tax information

## 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-0134/S-0134%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT058/ACT058%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT058/ACT058%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0134/S-0134%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0134/S-0134%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Jeanette White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2019-03-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-03-20** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-03-20** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-03-21** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2019-03-21** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-03-21** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-03-21** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2019-03-21** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-03-22** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-22** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-05-13** Read Second Time
- **2019-05-13** Rep. Gardner of Richmond reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2019-05-13** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to.
- **2019-05-13** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-05-13** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **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
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-14** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-14** House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator White
- **2019-05-14** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Pollina, Collamore, and White
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-14** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment not concurred in and committee of conference appointed
- **2019-05-14** Speaker appointed Gardner of Richmond, Gannon of Wilmington and LaClair of Barre Town as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2019-05-14** House message House appointed Conference Committee members
- **2019-05-22** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-22** Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-22** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2019-05-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-23** Committee of Conference Report
- **2019-05-23** Senate message, report of committee of conference adopted
- **2019-05-23** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-23** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Pollina for Committee, text
- **2019-05-23** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2019-05-23** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Rules suspended & ordered delivered to Governor forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-29** Delivered to Governor on June 5, 2019
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 10, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Senate Message, Signed by Governor June 10, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b01a9d25-b440-4f43-b9bc-0a8e1e5c02bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).