2025 VT Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Vermont General Assembly in 2025 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

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Senate Votes

1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal

Would repeal the Affordable Heat Act in its entirety, including eliminating of the Clean Heat Standard.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
S0068 Rejected 13 to 17 on Feb 25, 2025

2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act

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.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
S0069 Passed 25 to 5 on Mar 12, 2025

3. Transgender-support Resolution

Declares Vermont's support for the "Transgender and non-binary community" and commitment to the LGBTQ+ movement.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
JRS015 Passed 30 to 0 on Mar 14, 2025

4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment

Proposes to amend Chapter I of the Vermont Constitution, establishing a constitutional right for employees to organize or join a labor organization.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
PR 3

5. Omnibus Spending Bill

The "Big Bill - Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations Act" makes appropriations to support state government operations in fiscal year 2026.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H0493 Passed 20 to 10 on May 1, 2025

6. Homeless Community Programs

Establishes the Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H0091 Passed 17 to 13 on May 22, 2025

How did they vote?

Philip  Baruth
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-CHI
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Scott  Beck
60% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-CAL
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Seth  Bongartz
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-BEN
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Patrick M. Brennan
33% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-GRA
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Randolph  Brock
50% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-FRA
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Thomas  Chittenden
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-CHI
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Alison H. Clarkson
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-WIN
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Brian P. Collamore
50% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-RUT
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Ann  Cummings
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-WAS
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Samuel A. Douglass
67% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-ORL
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Martine Larocque Gulick
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-CHI
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Ruth  Hardy
17% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-ADD
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Wendy  Harrison
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-WIN
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Lawrence Hart
67% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-ORA
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Nader  Hashim
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-WIN
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Steven Heffernan
50% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-ADD
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Russell H. Ingalls
67% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-ESS
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Virginia  Lyons
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-CHI
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Joseph D. Major
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-WIN
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Christopher  Mattos
33% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-CHI
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Robert W. Norris
50% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-FRA
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Andrew  Perchlik
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-WAS
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Robert Plunkett
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-BEN
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Kesha K. Ram Hinsdale
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-CHI
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Tanya  Vyhovsky
17% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-CHI
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Anne  Watson
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-WAS
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
David Dave Weeks
50% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-RUT
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Richard A. Westman
33% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-LAM
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Rebecca  White
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-WIN
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
Terry K. Williams
50% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-RUT
1. Affordable Heat Act Repeal
2. Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
3. Transgender-support Resolution
4. Collective-bargaining Constitutional Amendment
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
6. Homeless Community Programs
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