Act No. 184 Page 1 of 1
2024
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Act No. 184 (H.55). An act relating to miscellaneous unemployment insurance, workers’
compensation, and employment practices amendments and to establishing the
Vermont Baby Bond Trust
Subjects: Labor; unemployment insurance; workers’ compensation; parental and
family leave; baby bonds
This act amends Vermont’s unemployment insurance laws to expand experience rating
relief for employers for benefits paid to their employees following certain disasters,
permits the Commissioner of Labor to waive an individual’s liability to repay overpaid
unemployment benefits under certain circumstances, and makes various technical
corrections. This act amends the workers’ compensation laws to add a rebuttable
presumption for certain State employees that PTSD suffered by that employee is work-
related and to make a technical correction to rulemaking requirements from 2023 Acts
and Resolves No. 76. This act requires the Division of Fire Safety to conduct a biennial
demographic survey of fire departments in Vermont, requires the Department of
Financial Regulation to biennially report on cancer-related workers’ compensation claims
filed by firefighters, and establishes a pilot program in the Division of Fire Safety to
subsidize the cost to provide cancer screenings to firefighters. This act amends certain
definitions in Vermont unpaid family and medical leave law. This act establishes the
Vermont Baby Bond Trust to be administered by the Treasurer.
Multiple effective dates, beginning on June 28, 2024
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Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 21-1301, 21-1321
As Passed By the House -- Official: 21-1301, 21-1321
As Passed By the House -- Unofficial: 21-1301, 21-1321
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Official: 21-1301, 21-1321, 21-1325, 21-1347, 21-1368, 21-1321(d), 21-1361, 21-1362, 21-1365, 21-601, 21-471, 21-472
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Unofficial: 21-1325, 21-1347, 21-1301, 21-1321(d), 21-1321, 21-1361, 21-1362, 21-1365, 21-601, 21-471, 21-472
As Enacted: 21-1325, 21-1347, 21-1301, 21-1321(d), 21-1321, 21-1361, 21-1362, 21-1365, 21-601, 21-471, 21-472
House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment Official: 21-1325, 21-1347, 21-1301, 21-1321(d), 21-1321, 21-1361, 21-1362, 21-1365, 21-601, 21-471, 21-472
House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment Unofficial: 21-1325, 21-1347, 21-1301, 21-1321(d), 21-1321, 21-1361, 21-1362, 21-1365, 21-601, 21-471, 21-472