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Committee previews H.461 changes that expand unpaid family leave definitions and limit consecutive bereavement days
Summary
The House General and Housing Committee reviewed Senate amendments to H.461, a bill that broadens family-member definitions and clarifies unpaid leave uses including bereavement, safe leave, and military exigency leave.
The House General and Housing Committee on May 7 discussed changes from the Senate to H.461, a bill that alters Vermont’s parental and family leave framework to include broader family relationships and additional unpaid leave purposes.
Sophie Sadatny of the Office of Legislative Counsel explained the Senate changes as a preview for the committee. “It expands the definition of family members to be more inclusive, particularly for nontraditional LGBTQ plus families,” Sadatny said, and she described other adjustments adopted in Senate Economic Development. The bill does not increase the total maximum amount of unpaid leave available; rather, it clarifies which relationships and reasons qualify for existing unpaid leave.
Key changes reviewed in the committee:
- Definitions and inclusivity: The bill broadens the statutory definition of “family member,” and retains an in loco parentis definition described as “a relationship in which an individual has day-to-day…
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