Bill excludes stock grants from extra pay calculations.
S. 5615 — VEST Act · Filed by Ashley Moody (R-FL) · Introduced Sep 30, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill changes how extra pay is figured for workers who get stock grants. Stock grants are company shares workers earn over time. The bill says stock grant value does not count in base pay. Extra pay is based on base pay. Companies get legal protection from lawsuits for 90 days after the law starts. Protection lasts longer if the program already existed or has a union contract.
Who it affects
Workers who get stock grants and work extra hours are hit hardest. This includes hourly and salaried workers at companies that give stock grants. Workers earn less for extra hours when stock grants do not count.
One thing to notice
The bill cuts extra pay by removing stock grant value from the math. Companies cannot be sued for past underpayment for 90 days after the law starts.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 30, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 30, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- stock grants — Company shares that workers earn and get over a set time period.
- base pay — The hourly wage used to figure how much extra pay a worker earns.
- extra pay — Extra money workers earn for hours worked past the standard work week.
- legal protection — A shield that stops companies from being sued for past rule breaks.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,973 characters) on Oct 13, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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