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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to accommodations for pregnant employees"
description: "An act relating to accommodations for pregnant employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 136"
citation: "Vermont H. 136 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George Till"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b4f6466-31fc-4dac-a336-902a67c00284"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/272"
source_hash: "e6b974104b1c1b1efcd055605dfc7a4c1bdcf7f6e5378d5438ebdf79ca380932"
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. 136 (2017-2018) — An act relating to accommodations for pregnant employees
## 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/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0136/H-0136%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT021/ACT021%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT021/ACT021%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0136/H-0136%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0136/H-0136%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Votes
- Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 73 of 145 to Pass -- Yeas = 54, Nays = 91 — **5491** (fail) · legislature
- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 139, Nays = 2 — **1392** (pass) · legislature
- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 97, Nays = 44 — **9744** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- George Till — primary (person)
- Alice Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Weed — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Connor — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Dunn — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Brumsted — cosponsor (person)
- Johannah Donovan — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Christie — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Yantachka — cosponsor (person)
- Mollie Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Poirier — cosponsor (person)
- Selene Colburn — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Buckholz — cosponsor (person)
- Terence Macaig — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Walz — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-26** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs
- **2017-03-21** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-21** Rep. Walz of Barre City reported for the committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs
- **2017-03-21** Report of Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs agreed to.
- **2017-03-21** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-22** Read Third time
- **2017-03-22** Rep. Dickinson of St. Albans Town moved to commit the bill to the committee on Appropriations
- **2017-03-22** Rep. Dickinson of St. Albans Town asked leave to withdraw motion
- **2017-03-22** Which was agreed to
- **2017-03-22** Rep. Donahue of Northfield moved to commit the bill to the committee on Appropriations
- **2017-03-22** Which was disagreed to
- **2017-03-22** Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 73 of 145 to Pass -- Yeas = 54, Nays = 91
- **2017-03-22** Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-22** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 97, Nays = 44
- **2017-03-23** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `introduction`
- **2017-04-14** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- **2017-04-17** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-17** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- **2017-04-18** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-18** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- **2017-04-18** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Sirotkin for Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- **2017-04-18** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs agreed to
- **2017-04-18** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-04-19** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-19** Pending third reading motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Branagan
- **2017-04-19** Pending third reading, motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment offered by Senator(s) Branagan
- **2017-04-19** Motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2017-04-19** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-04-25** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-04-25** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 139, Nays = 2
- **2017-04-25** Rules Suspended and Action on the bill messaged to the Senate forthwith and the bill delivered to the Governor forthwith as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton. `passage`
- **2017-04-26** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor on May 4 ,2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** House message: Governor approved bill on May 4, 2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b4f6466-31fc-4dac-a336-902a67c00284`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).