republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2021-2022/s-11.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to economic and workforce development"
description: "An act relating to economic and workforce development"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 11"
citation: "Vermont S 11 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randolph Brock", "Richard Sears"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95e5b6b2-4904-4937-bc9b-2b2511e1f89d"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/187"
source_hash: "af160aac35d4580074bd0f2ff42b57e07afeb45c98dbfa86818f90bf2918743e"
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 11 (2021-2022) — An act relating to economic and workforce development

## 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-0011/S-0011%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT183/ACT183%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT183/ACT183%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0011/S-0011%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0011/S-0011%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Randolph Brock — primary (person)
- Richard Sears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-02-24** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2021-02-25** 3rd reading ordered
- **2021-02-26** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26** Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 `reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development `introduction`
- **2022-04-28** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-04-28** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2022-04-29** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2022-05-02** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-05-03** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-05-03** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-05-03** Rep. Kimbell of Woodstock reported for the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2022-05-03** Rep. Ancel of Calais recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2022-05-03** Rep. Toleno of Brattleboro recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-05-03** Report of the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development amended as recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2022-05-03** Rep. Kimbell of Woodstock, Dickinson of St. Albans Town, Jerome of Brandon, Kascenska of Burke, Laroche of Franklin, Marcotte of Coventry, Mulvaney-Stanak of Burlington, Nicoll of Ludlow, Nigro of Bennington, and White of Bethel moved to amend the report of the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development, as amended, which was agreed to
- **2022-05-03** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development as amended agreed to
- **2022-05-03** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-05-03** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-05-03** Read Third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2022-05-03** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-05-03** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2022-05-04** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-05-04** House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-04** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2022-05-04** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-04** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Sirotkin; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-04** Proposal of amendment agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-04** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2022-05-04** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-04** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-05-04** Rep. Kimbell of Woodstock moved the House refuse to concur and asked for a Committee of Conference
- **2022-05-04** Which was agreed to
- **2022-05-04** Speaker appointed Marcotte of Coventry, Kimbell of Woodstock and Jerome of Brandon as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2022-05-04** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-05-04** House message: House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-04** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Sirotkin, Clarkson, and Brock
- **2022-05-04** Senate Message, Committee of Conference members appointed
- **2022-05-11** Notice Calendar: Report of Committee of Conference
- **2022-05-11** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. LaClair of Barre Town
- **2022-05-11** Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) `passage`
- **2022-05-11** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-05-11** House message: House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2022-05-11** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2022-05-11** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Sirotkin for Committee, text
- **2022-05-11** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2022-05-11** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2022-05-11** Rules suspended & ordered delivered to Governor forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-11** Senate Message, report of Committee of Conference adopted
- **2022-05-12** Delivered to Governor on June 2, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Governor on June 8, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** Senate Message, signed by Governor June 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/95e5b6b2-4904-4937-bc9b-2b2511e1f89d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).