republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/s-122.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: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 122"
citation: "Vermont S 122 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 57
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d3c6f38-6027-4bba-b710-d49c505d05ff"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1049"
source_hash: "72da770b7d7f1b10b3dbb759571f3d29a7ff99a18b010d1becb143f591d95e40"
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 122 (2025-2026) — 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/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0122/S-0122%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT065/ACT065%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT065/ACT065%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0122/S-0122%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-0122/S-0122%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-0122/S-0122%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-0122/S-0122%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-0122/S-0122%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0122/S-0122%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.

- **2025-03-18** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48 `introduction`
- **2025-03-18** Rules suspended on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2025-03-18** Referred to Committee on Finance 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 Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-03-21** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-03-21** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-21** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-25** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-25** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Reported favorably by Senator Brock for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Senator(s) Perchlik motion to substitute amendment for Committee on Appropriations recommendation of amendment; text
- **2025-03-25** Motion agreed to
- **2025-03-25** Recommendation of amendment agreed to as substituted
- **2025-03-25** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-03-26** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Hardy `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-28** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development `introduction`
- **2025-05-23** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-05-23** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-05-23** Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-05-28** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2025-05-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Rep. Duke of Burlington reported for the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2025-05-28** Rep. Waszazak of Barre City recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2025-05-28** Rep. Stevens of Waterbury recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2025-05-28** Report of the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development amended as recommended by the Committee on Appropriations
- **2025-05-28** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development, as amended, agreed to
- **2025-05-28** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2025-05-28** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2025-05-28** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2025-05-29** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-29** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-29** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2025-05-29** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-29** House proposal of amendment concurred in with proposal of amendment, on motion of Senator Brock, Chittenden, and Weeks `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-30** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment thereto `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-30** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration, pending entry on Notice Calendar, as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2025-05-30** Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-30** Rules suspended and action on the bill messaged to the Senate forthwith and the bill delivered to the Governor forthwith as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney `passage`
- **2025-05-30** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-30** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2025-06-06** Delivered to Governor on June 6, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** Signed by Governor on June 12, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-13** Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 12, 2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d3c6f38-6027-4bba-b710-d49c505d05ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).