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.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
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.
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Constitutional Vote: No
3. Transgender-support Resolution
Declares Vermont's support for the "Transgender and non-binary community" and commitment to the LGBTQ+ movement.
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Constitutional Vote: No
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.
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Constitutional Vote: No
5. Omnibus Spending Bill
The "Big Bill - Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations Act" makes appropriations to support state government operations in fiscal year 2026.
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Constitutional Vote: No
6. Homeless Community Programs
Establishes the Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program.
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Constitutional Vote: No
How did they vote?
Legend:
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Did not vote
| Name | Party | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Baruth | D | 0% | ||||||
| Scott Beck | R | 60% | ||||||
| Seth Bongartz | D | 0% | ||||||
| Patrick M. Brennan | R | 33% | ||||||
| Randolph Brock | R | 50% | ||||||
| Thomas Chittenden | D | 0% | ||||||
| Alison H. Clarkson | D | 0% | ||||||
| Brian P. Collamore | R | 50% | ||||||
| Ann Cummings | D | 0% | ||||||
| Samuel A. Douglass | R | 67% | ||||||
| Martine Larocque Gulick | D | 0% | ||||||
| Ruth Hardy | D | 17% | ||||||
| Wendy Harrison | D | 0% | ||||||
| Lawrence Hart | R | 67% | ||||||
| Nader Hashim | D | 0% | ||||||
| Steven Heffernan | R | 50% | ||||||
| Russell H. Ingalls | R | 67% | ||||||
| Virginia Lyons | D | 0% | ||||||
| Joseph D. Major | D | 0% | ||||||
| Christopher Mattos | R | 33% | ||||||
| Robert W. Norris | R | 50% | ||||||
| Andrew Perchlik | D | 0% | ||||||
| Robert Plunkett | D | 0% | ||||||
| Kesha K. Ram Hinsdale | D | 0% | ||||||
| Tanya Vyhovsky | D | 17% | ||||||
| Anne Watson | D | 0% | ||||||
| David Dave Weeks | R | 50% | ||||||
| Richard A. Westman | R | 33% | ||||||
| Rebecca White | D | 0% | ||||||
| Terry K. Williams | R | 50% |
Average Freedom Score by Party
| Party | Score |
|---|---|
| Democrat | 2% |
| Republican | 50.8% |
