---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to expanding employee access to unpaid leave"
description: "An act relating to expanding employee access to unpaid leave"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 461"
citation: "Vermont H 461 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emilie Krasnow"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54287de8-350f-42f1-b902-e3d57ca59d2d"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1087"
source_hash: "f17708b441f3da38bd214d03d407166ab236f33fd4f2e61432868562c8994968"
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 461 (2025-2026) — An act relating to expanding employee access to unpaid leave

## 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/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0461/H-0461%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT032/ACT032%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT032/ACT032%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0461/H-0461%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0461/H-0461%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0461/H-0461%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
7. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0461/H-0461%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0461/H-0461%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0461/H-0461%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Emilie Krasnow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11** Read first time and referred to the Committee on General and Housing `introduction`
- **2025-03-18** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-19** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-20** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Rep. Bartley of Fairfax reported for the Committee on General and Housing
- **2025-03-20** Rep. Donahue of Northfield moved to amend the report of the Committee on General and Housing
- **2025-03-20** Rep. Donahue of Northfield asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
- **2025-03-20** Report of Committee on General and Housing agreed to
- **2025-03-20** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-03-21** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-21** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-05-01** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-01** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-05-07** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-08** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-08** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-08** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Chittenden for Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Reported favorably by Senator Norris for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-08** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-05-09** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-09** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Chittenden `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-09** Pending third reading, Senate proposal of amendment amended as moved by Senator(s) Chittenden `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-05-09** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-14** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-15** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-15** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-16** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-16** Delivered to the Governor on May 16, 2025 `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Signed by Governor on May 22, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-22** House message: Governor approved bill on May 22, 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54287de8-350f-42f1-b902-e3d57ca59d2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).