---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to wage and hour, unemployment compensation, and workers' compensation"
description: "An act relating to wage and hour, unemployment compensation, and workers' compensation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 117"
citation: "Vermont S 117 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-13"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86910f09-9e09-4a63-8a31-bc1f484984d2"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1001"
source_hash: "789098b955e67dce0e05110ea70e65dca97065ee70a7ad79329cb4fd5443a245"
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 117 (2025-2026) — An act relating to wage and hour, unemployment compensation, and workers' compensation

## 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/S-0117/S-0117%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT040/ACT040%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT040/ACT040%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0117/S-0117%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0117/S-0117%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0117/S-0117%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/S-0117/S-0117%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **House Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0117/S-0117%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0117/S-0117%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48 `introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-03-14** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-03-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-03-19** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-20** New Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-21** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** Reported favorably by Senator Brennan for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-03-25** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development `introduction`
- **2025-04-30** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-04-30** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-05-01** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-05-01** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-05-08** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-05-09** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-05-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Rep. Bosch of Clarendon reported for the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2025-05-09** Rep. Burkhardt of South Burlington recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2025-05-09** Rep. Nigro of Bennington recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2025-05-09** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development agreed to
- **2025-05-09** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-05-12** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
- **2025-05-13** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2025-05-15** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-15** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-16** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-16** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-16** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-16** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Title amended
- **2025-05-20** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Delivered to Governor on May 22, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Signed by Governor on May 28, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-29** Senate Message: Signed by Governor 5/28/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86910f09-9e09-4a63-8a31-bc1f484984d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).