---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to binding interest arbitration for employees of the Vermont Judiciary"
description: "An act relating to binding interest arbitration for employees of the Vermont Judiciary"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 78"
citation: "Vermont S 78 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cheryl Hooker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2022-02-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/857a69f5-486a-49f0-9826-6d9e223ebf3d"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/2"
source_hash: "c4c5371ecdb5492aba6f75dfeb07fc854672d81772452f03aec9a8f2e904a8c7"
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 78 (2021-2022) — An act relating to binding interest arbitration for employees of the Vermont Judiciary

## 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/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0078/S-0078%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT081/ACT081%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT081/ACT081%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0078/S-0078%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0078/S-0078%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cheryl Hooker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-12** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-03-11** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-12** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-12** Reported favorably by Senator Ram for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-16** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2021-05-21** Action postponed to next legislative day as moved by Rep. Walz of Barre City
- **2021-06-23** Action postponed until January 5, 2022 as moved by Rep. Walz of Barre City
- **2022-01-07** Action Calendar:Unfinished Business
- **2022-01-11** Action Calendar:Unfinished Business
- **2022-01-11** Rep. Walz of Barre City moved to postpone action until January 20, 2022 which was agreed to
- **2022-01-18** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2022-01-19** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2022-01-20** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2022-01-20** Action Calendar: Amendment offered by Rep Walz of Barre City
- **2022-01-20** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-20** Rep. Walz of Barre City reported for the Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
- **2022-01-20** Amendment as offered by Rep. Walz of Barre City agreed to
- **2022-01-20** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-01-21** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-21** Read Third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2022-01-26** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-01-26** House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-01-27** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-01-28** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-01-28** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-01-28** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-01-28** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2022-02-01** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Delivered to Governor on February 2, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-09** Signed by Governor on February 8, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-09** Senate Message, signed by Governor February 8, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/857a69f5-486a-49f0-9826-6d9e223ebf3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).