Vermont

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Subsidized Housing

S0127 Subsidized Housing (Passed 137 to 2 on 5/30/2025). Omnibus housing-development bill that expands the Vermont Rental Housing Improvement Program with grants and forgivable loans, and creates the Vermont Manufactured Home Improvement and Repair Program.

H | May 30, 2025
Homeless Community Programs

H0091 Homeless Community Programs (Passed 92 to 42 on 5/29/2025). Establishes the Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program.

H | May 29, 2025
Homeless Community Programs

H0091 Homeless Community Programs (Passed 17 to 13 on 5/22/2025). Establishes the Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program.

S | May 22, 2025
Healthcare Central Planning

S0126 Healthcare Central Planning (Passed 99 to 38 on 5/21/2025). Enacts comprehensive healthcare payment and delivery-system reform.

H | May 21, 2025
Omnibus Spending Bill

H0493 Omnibus Spending Bill (Passed 132 to 3 on 5/15/2025). The "Big Bill – Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations Act" makes appropriations to support state government operations in fiscal year 2026.

H | May 15, 2025
Collective Bargaining

S0125 Collective Bargaining (Passed 81 to 51 on 5/13/2025). Amends Vermont's labor laws to facilitate union organization to include Judiciary Department positions, and expands collective bargaining-rights.

H | May 13, 2025
Omnibus Spending Bill

H0493 Omnibus Spending Bill (Passed 20 to 10 on 5/1/2025). The "Big Bill – Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations Act" makes appropriations to support state government operations in fiscal year 2026.

S | May 1, 2025
Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment

PR 3 Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment (Passed 125 to 15 on 5/1/2025). Proposes to amend Chapter I of the Vermont Constitution, establishing a constitutional right for employees to organize or join a labor organization.

H | May 1, 2025
Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment

PR 3 Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment (Passed 29 to 0 on 3/20/2025). Proposes to amend Chapter I of the Vermont Constitution, establishing a constitutional right for employees to organize or join a labor organization.

S | March 20, 2025
Transgender-support Resolution

JRS015 Transgender-support Resolution (Passed 30 to 0 on 3/14/2025). Declares Vermont's support for the "Transgender and non-binary community" and commitment to the LGBTQ+ movement.

S | March 14, 2025
Age-Appropriate Design Code Act

S0069 Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (Passed 25 to 5 on 3/12/2025). Creates the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, which imposes extensive regulations on "covered businesses," mandating highest-level default privacy settings for minors, as well as restrictions on data collection, processing, sharing, and retention of minors' personal data.

S | March 12, 2025
Affordable Heat Act Repeal

S0068 Affordable Heat Act Repeal (Failed 13 to 17 on 2/25/2025). Would repeal the Affordable Heat Act in its entirety, including eliminating of the Clean Heat Standard.

S | February 25, 2025
Education Taxation

H887 Education Taxation (Passed 103 to 42 on 6/17/2024). Expands taxation on, and DEI in, public education and equal opportunity programs.

H | June 17, 2024
Farming Restrictions

H706 Farming Restrictions (Passed 25 to 2 on 4/26/2024). Expands neonicotinoid pesticide regulations for farmers.

S | June 17, 2024
Education Taxation

H887 Education Taxation (Passed 22 to 7 on 6/17/2024). Expands taxation on, and DEI in, public education and equal opportunity programs.

S | June 17, 2024
Renewable Energy Standard

H289 Renewable Energy Standard (Passed 21 to 8 on 6/17/2024). Requires “compensatory” payments from entities involved in fossil fuel extraction or petroleum refining.

S | June 17, 2024
Ghost Guns

S209 Ghost Guns (Passed 26 to 3 on 2/28/2024). Expands regulations on firearms purchases, possession, and serial numbers.

S | May 10, 2024
Collective Bargaining

S102 Collective Bargaining (Passed 115 to 26 on 5/7/2024). Would expand collective bargaining to allow outside organizations to sue employers for cause.

H | May 10, 2024
Climate Superfund Act

S259 Climate Superfund Act (Passed 26 to 3 on 4/2/2024). Requires “compensatory” payments from entities involved in fossil fuel extraction or petroleum refining.

S | May 10, 2024
Ghost Guns

S209 Ghost Guns (Passed 110 to 31 on 4/18/2024). Expands regulations on firearms purchases, possession, and serial numbers.

H | April 18, 2024
Tobacco Ban

S18 Tobacco Ban (Passed 18 to 11 on 3/21/2024). Targets tobacco and nicotine use through extensive regulatory measures.

S | April 3, 2024
Farming Restrictions

H706 Farming Restrictions (Passed 112 to 29 on 3/21/2024). Expands neonicotinoid pesticide regulations for farmers.

H | March 21, 2024
State Environmental Control

S213 State Environmental Control (passed 24 to 4 on 3/20/2023). Would provide the state Agency of Natural Resources control over riverways.

S | March 20, 2024
Hair Discrimination

H363 Hair Discrimination (Passed 132 to 5 on 1/31/2024). Creates a protected class, expands the state's anti-discrimination laws on “race”, and further divides Americans against each other.

H | January 31, 2024
Regulating Businesses

H158 Regulating Businesses (Overridden 112 to 32 on 1/4/2024). Expands regulations on beverage manufacturing businesses.

H | January 4, 2024
Statewide Preschool Funding

H217 Statewide Preschool Funding (passed 116 to 31 on 6/20/2023). Would require all school districts to provide full day kindergarten care to all children in the district.

H | June 20, 2023
Statewide Preschool Funding

H217 Statewide Preschool Funding (passed 23 to 7 on 6/20/2023). Would require all school districts to provide full day kindergarten care to all children in the district.

S | June 20, 2023
Red Flag Law

H230 Red-Flag Law (passed 19 to 9 on 5/2/2023). Allows family members to report someone as unstable, prohibiting them from purchasing a weapon.

S | May 12, 2023
Cap and Trade Scheme

S5 Cap and Trade Scheme (passed 107 to 42 on 5/11/2023). Would force a carbon credit system upon businesses, and increase the role of the state in energy matters.

H | May 11, 2023
Government-Funded Lunches

H165 Government-Funded Lunches (passed 122 to 25 on 5/10/2023). Would take money from the federal government to provide universal school lunches in Vermont.

H | May 10, 2023
Cap and Trade Scheme

S5 Cap and Trade Scheme (passed 20 to 10 on 5/09/2023). Would force a carbon credit system upon businesses, and increase the role of the state in energy matters.

S | May 9, 2023
Red Flag Law

H230 Red Flag Law (passed 106 to 34 on 5/5/2023). Allows family members to report someone as unstable, prohibiting them from purchasing a weapon.

H | May 5, 2023
"Reproductive Health"

S37 “Reproductive Health” (passed 114 to 24 on 4/21/2023). Requires insurance companies to provide so-called gender affirming health care and abortion coverage to residents of Vermont.

H | April 21, 2023
Collective Bargaining

S102 Collective Bargaining (passed 23 to 7 on 3/30/2023). Would expand collective bargaining to allow outside organizations to sue employers for cause.

S | March 30, 2023
Ranked-Choice Voting

S32 Ranked-Choice Voting (passed 23 to 7 on 3/29/2023). Changes the method of voting to a confusing ranked ballot.

S | March 29, 2023
Climate Change "Education"

H126 Climate Change “Education” (Passed 108 to 36 on 3/23/2023). Would bring 50 percent of Vermont’s total land area under conservation status by 2050.

H | March 12, 2023
Affordable Housing

S226 Affordable Housing (Passed 30 to 0 on 5/12/2022).  Introduces new programs with the goal of increasing access to housing, primarily by increasing the housing stock and making existing homes more affordable to homebuyers.

S | May 12, 2022
National Popular Vote

S122 National Popular Vote (Passed 22 to 7 on 2/15/2022). Nominates state electors based on the national popular vote in presidential elections.

S | May 12, 2022
Trans Youth

SJR53 Trans Youth (Passed 134 to 5 on 5/12/2022). Supports transgender youth and their parents who seek essential medical care for the treatment of gender dysphoria.

H | May 12, 2022
Affordable Housing

S226 Affordable Housing (Passed 103 to 42 on 5/6/2022).  Introduces new programs with the goal of increasing access to housing, primarily by increasing the housing stock and making existing homes more affordable to homebuyers.

H | May 6, 2022
Clean Heat Standard

H715 Clean Heat Standard (Failed Veto Override 99-51 on 5/10/2022). Establishes the Clean Heat Standard to reduce Vermont’s greenhouse gas emissions from the thermal (heating) sector.

H | May 6, 2022
School Meals

S100 School Meals (Passed 29 to 1 on 4/30/2021). Provides free public school breakfast for students.

S | April 30, 2022
Environmental Justice

S148 Environmental Justice (Passed 28 to 1 on 3/29/2022). Establishes an environmental justice policy for the State of Vermont, which would require State agencies to have new environmental-justice-related responsibilities, establish the creation of a State environmental justice mapping tool, and establish a 17-member Advisory Council on Environmental Justice.

S | March 29, 2022
Gun Rights

S30 Gun Rights (Veto Override 21 to 9 on 3/11/2021). Prohibits the possession of firearms within hospital buildings.

S | March 11, 2022
Vote by Mail

S15 Vote by Mail (Passed 27 to 3 on 3/18/2021). Requires the Secretary of State to mail every active voter a postage-paid ballot for each general election.

S | May 21, 2021
Racism Health Emergency

HJR6 Racism Health Emergency (Passed 135 to 8 on 5/20/2021). Declares racism as a public health emergency.

H | May 20, 2021
Vote by Mail

S15 Vote by Mail (Passed 119 to 30 on 5/12/2021). Requires the Secretary of State to mail every active voter a postage-paid ballot for each general election.

H | May 12, 2021
Broadband Expansion

H360 Broadband Expansion (Passed 145 to 1 on 3/23/2021). Provides government funding for broadband expansion under the Vermont Community Broadband Authority.

H | March 23, 2021
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