Vermont 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 13 D · 5 R · 2 I cosponsors

H. 707 — An act relating to the prevention of sexual harassment

Last action — Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in

  2. Senate Proposal of Amendment considered

  3. Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment

  4. Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe

  5. Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence on roll call, requested by Senator Sirotkin, Passed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0

  6. Proposal of amendment agreed to

  7. Senator(s) Balint motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment; text

  8. New Business/Third Reading

  9. 3rd reading ordered

  10. Proposal of amendment  by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs, as amended, agreed to

  11. Proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs amended as moved by Senator(s) Balint, Baruth, Clarkson, Sirotkin, and Soucy

  12. Senator(s) Balint, Baruth, Clarkson, Sirotkin, and Soucy motion to amend Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs proposal of amendment; text

  13. Proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations

  14. Reported favorably by Senator Nitka for Committee on Appropriations with proposal of amendment

  15. Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Balint for Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

  16. Unfinished Business/Second Reading

  17. Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Balint, Baruth, Clarkson, Sirotkin, and Soucy

  18. Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations

  19. Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

  20. Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Balint, Baruth, Clarkson, Sirotkin, and Soucy

  21. Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations

  22. Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

  23. New Business/Second Reading

  24. Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Balint, Baruth, Clarkson, Sirotkin, and Soucy

  25. Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations

  26. Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

  27. Entered on Notice Calendar

  28. Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31

  29. Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

  30. Entered on Notice Calendar

  31. Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

  32. Passed

  33. Read Third time

  34. Third Reading Ordered

  35. Report of Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs agreed to.

  36. Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 67 of 133 to Pass -- Yeas = 131, Nays = 2

  37. Rep. Stevens of Waterbury reported for the committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs

  38. Read Second Time

  39. Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs

Sponsors

  • William P Canfield · Cosponsor
  • Timothy Briglin · Cosponsor
  • Thomas S Stevens · Cosponsor
  • Thomas B Burditt · Cosponsor
  • Theresa A Wood · Cosponsor
  • Susan Buckholz · Cosponsor
  • Selene Colburn · Cosponsor
  • Scott L Beck · Cosponsor
  • Sandy Haas · Cosponsor
  • Samuel Young · Cosponsor
  • Robin P Scheu · Cosponsor
  • Robin Chesnut-Tangerman · Primary
  • Peter C Conlon · Cosponsor
  • Michael Yantachka · Cosponsor
  • Michael Mrowicki · Cosponsor
  • Maxine Grad · Cosponsor
  • Matthew Hill · Cosponsor
  • Mary Sullivan · Cosponsor
  • Maida Townsend · Cosponsor
  • Laura H Sibilia · Primary
  • Kurt Wright · Cosponsor
  • Kathryn Webb · Cosponsor
  • Joseph "Chip" Troiano · Cosponsor
  • Johannah Donovan · Cosponsor
  • Jill L Krowinski · Primary
  • Janssen Willhoit · Cosponsor
  • Jim F Harrison · Cosponsor
  • Gabrielle Lucke · Cosponsor
  • Fred Baser · Cosponsor
  • Francis M McFaun · Cosponsor
  • Donald Turner · Primary
  • Diane Lanpher · Cosponsor
  • Daniel A Noyes · Cosponsor
  • Daniel Connor · Cosponsor
  • Cynthia Weed · Cosponsor
  • Catherine Toll · Cosponsor
  • Carol Ode · Cosponsor
  • Brian J Cina · Cosponsor
  • Benjamin Jickling · Cosponsor
  • Ann Pugh · Cosponsor
  • Amy D Sheldon · Cosponsor
  • Alice Miller · Cosponsor
  • Valerie Stuart · Cosponsor
  • Linda Sullivan · Cosponsor
  • Sarah Copeland-Hanzas · Primary
  • Charles "Chip" Conquest · Cosponsor
  • David Deen · Cosponsor
  • William Lippert · Cosponsor
  • Curtis McCormack · Cosponsor
  • Carolyn Partridge · Cosponsor
  • Paul Poirier · Cosponsor
  • George Till · Cosponsor
  • Less… · Cosponsor
  • Philip Jay J Hooper · Cosponsor
  • Kevin "Coach" B Christie · Cosponsor
  • Mollie S. S Burke · Cosponsor
  • Kristi C Morris · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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5 sponsors · 52 co-sponsors · 133 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (5)

Co-sponsors (52)

Not signed on (133)

133 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence on roll call, requested by Senator Sirotkin, Passed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0

Passed 30 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 21000
Democrat/Progressive 1000
Democrat 3000
Republican 5000
Total 30000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (30)
Member Party Vote
Ashe — Yea
Balint — Yea
McCormack — Yea
Pearson — Yea
White — Yea
Brooks — Yea
Ingram — Yea
Kitchel — Yea
Mazza — Yea
Nitka — Yea
Sears — Yea
Sirotkin — Yea
Starr — Yea
Ayer — Yea
Benning — Yea
Bray — Yea
Campion — Yea
Flory — Yea
MacDonald — Yea
Pollina — Yea
Rodgers — Yea
Alison Clarkson Democrat Yea
Ann E Cummings Democrat Yea
Virginia "Ginny" V Lyons Democrat Yea
Philip E Baruth Democrat/Progressive Yea
Brian P Collamore Republican Yea
Carolyn W Branagan Republican Yea
David J Soucy Republican Yea
Randy D Brock Republican Yea
Richard A Westman Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 67 of 133 to Pass -- Yeas = 131, Nays = 2

Passed 131 Yea · 2 Nay · 17 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 21003
Unaffiliated 941013
Republican 14001
Progressive/Democrat 1000
Independent 1100
Total 1312017
% of votes cast 87%1%0%11%
How each member voted (150)
Member Party Vote
Baser — Yea
Belaski — Yea
Bissonnette — Yea
Bock — Yea
Copeland-Hanzas — Yea
Dakin — Yea
Browning — Yea
Hooper — Yea
Hooper — Yea
McCormack — Yea
Miller — Yea
Brumsted — Yea
Chesnut-Tangerman — Yea
Christensen — Yea
Colburn — Yea
Connor — Yea
Conquest — Yea
Cupoli — Yea
Deen — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Fields — Yea
Forguites — Yea
Gage — Yea
Gardner — Yea
Giambatista — Yea
Jessup — Yea
Jickling — Yea
Joseph — Yea
Juskiewicz — Yea
Keefe — Yea
Keenan — Yea
Kitzmiller — Yea
LaClair — Yea
Lanpher — Yea
Lawrence — Yea
Lefebvre — Yea
Lucke — Yea
McCullough — Yea
Myers — Yea
Nolan — Yea
Shaw — Yea
Smith — Yea
Smith — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Townsend — Yea
Weed — Yea
Ainsworth — Not Voting
Johnson — Not Voting
Lewis — Not Voting
Donovan — Not Voting
Gannon — Not Voting
Head — Not Voting
Martel — Not Voting
Partridge — Yea
Pearce — Yea
Poirier — Not Voting
Scheuermann — Yea
Sharpe — Yea
Strong — Yea
Stuart — Yea
Terenzini — Yea
Till — Yea
Toleno — Yea
Toll — Yea
Trieber — Yea
Troiano — Yea
Turner — Not Voting
Viens — Yea
Walz — Yea
Webb — Yea
Willhoit — Yea
Yantachka — Yea
Ancel — Yea
Bancroft — Yea
Batchelor — Yea
Beyor — Yea
Botzow — Yea
Briglin — Yea
Buckholz — Yea
Carr — Yea
Condon — Not Voting
Devereux — Yea
Fagan — Yea
Frenier — Not Voting
Gamache — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Grad — Yea
Graham — Yea
Haas — Yea
Hebert — Nay
Helm — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lippert — Yea
Macaig — Yea
Murphy — Yea
O'Sullivan — Yea
Pajala — Yea
Parent — Yea
Potter — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Read — Not Voting
Rosenquist — Yea
Savage — Yea
Wright — Yea
Young — Not Voting
Van Wyck — Yea
Alice M. M Emmons Democrat Yea
Amy D Sheldon Democrat Yea
Barbara Rachelson Democrat Not Voting
Carol Ode Democrat Yea
Charles A Kimbell Democrat Yea
Daniel A Noyes Democrat Yea
David W Yacovone Democrat Yea
Emily J Long Democrat Yea
James W Masland Democrat Yea
Jill L Krowinski Democrat Yea
John L Bartholomew Democrat Yea
Kevin "Coach" B Christie Democrat Yea
Kristi C Morris Democrat Not Voting
Lori Houghton Democrat Yea
Martin J LaLonde Democrat Yea
Mary E. E Howard Democrat Yea
Michael Mrowicki Democrat Yea
Mollie S. S Burke Democrat Yea
Peter C Conlon Democrat Yea
Robin P Scheu Democrat Yea
Theresa A Wood Democrat Yea
Thomas S Stevens Democrat Yea
Timothy R. R Corcoran II Democrat Yea
Trevor J Squirrell Democrat Not Voting
Anne B. B Donahue Independent Nay
Laura H Sibilia Independent Yea
Brian J Cina Progressive/Democrat Yea
Beth M Quimby Republican Yea
Christopher P Mattos Republican Yea
Eileen G Dickinson Republican Yea
Francis M McFaun Republican Yea
Jim F Harrison Republican Yea
Mark A Higley Republican Yea
Martha A Feltus Republican Yea
Mary A. A Morrissey Republican Yea
Michael J Marcotte Republican Yea
Patricia A McCoy Republican Yea
Patrick "Pat" M Brennan Republican Yea
Robert W Norris Republican Yea
Scott L Beck Republican Yea
Thomas B Burditt Republican Not Voting
William P Canfield Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors H. 707?
H. 707 is sponsored by William P Canfield (Republican), Timothy Briglin, Thomas S Stevens (Democrat), Thomas B Burditt (Republican), Theresa A Wood (Democrat), Susan Buckholz, Selene Colburn, Scott L Beck (Republican), Sandy Haas, Samuel Young, Robin P Scheu (Democrat), Robin Chesnut-Tangerman, Peter C Conlon (Democrat), Michael Yantachka, Michael Mrowicki (Democrat), Maxine Grad, Matthew Hill, Mary Sullivan, Maida Townsend, Laura H Sibilia (Independent), Kurt Wright, Kathryn Webb, Joseph "Chip" Troiano, Johannah Donovan, Jill L Krowinski (Democrat), Janssen Willhoit, Jim F Harrison (Republican), Gabrielle Lucke, Fred Baser, Francis M McFaun (Republican), Donald Turner, Diane Lanpher, Daniel A Noyes (Democrat), Daniel Connor, Cynthia Weed, Catherine Toll, Carol Ode (Democrat), Brian J Cina (Progressive/Democrat), Benjamin Jickling, Ann Pugh, Amy D Sheldon (Democrat), Alice Miller, Valerie Stuart, Linda Sullivan, Sarah Copeland-Hanzas, Charles "Chip" Conquest, David Deen, William Lippert, Curtis McCormack, Carolyn Partridge, Paul Poirier, George Till, Less…, Philip Jay J Hooper (Democrat), Kevin "Coach" B Christie (Democrat), Mollie S. S Burke (Democrat), and Kristi C Morris (Democrat).
What is the current status of H. 707?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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