H 919·VT·house
An act relating to classifying incarcerated individuals as temporary State employees
FailedFiled Feb 27, 2026
Sponsor: Troy Headrick (I)
Latest Action
Read first time and referred to the Committee on General and Housing
Feb 27, 2026
Summary
The bill would treat any person in a Vermont prison who does work for the Department of Corrections as a temporary state employee while they are performing that labor. This status would extend wage‑hour protections, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and the right to collective bargaining to those incarcerated workers. The change aims to give them the same employment safeguards that other state workers receive.
AI-generated summary — may be incomplete or inaccurate. Verify against the official bill text.
Track this bill
Get an email when H 919 moves: committee action, floor votes, amendments and hearings. Free, no card.
Track H 919 freeOr ask your AI assistant about H 919 directly:
Add to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor