Vote Smart provides easy access to congressional and state voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:
Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. Our summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to our strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. They do not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill, but rather the version voted on in that stage. While many procedural votes take place before a full chamber vote, our voting stages reflect the final reading of each chamber vote. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.
For more information about the legislative process, see here.
Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|---|
May 5, 2006 | VT | H 865 | Non-Discrimination Bill | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (88 - 47) |
Feb. 22, 2006 | VT | HA to H 856 | Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (50 - 82) |
Feb. 13, 2007 | VT | HR 11 | Troop Withdrawal From Iraq | Resolution Passed - House (95 - 52) |
Feb. 13, 2007 | VT | HR 11 | Troop Withdrawal From Iraq | Resolution Passed - House (95 - 52) |
March 23, 2007 | VT | H. 353 | Amending Unionization Requirements for State Employees | Bill Passed - House (78 - 59) |
April 25, 2007 | VT | HR. 18 | Urging National Executive Impeachment | Resolution Failed - House (60 - 87) |
April 25, 2007 | VT | HR. 18 | Urging National Executive Impeachment | Resolution Failed - House (60 - 87) |
Feb. 20, 2009 | VT | Ainsworth Amdt | Legislative Pay Cut | Amendment Rejected - House (50 - 88) |
April 3, 2009 | VT | S 115 | Same-Sex Marriage | Bill Passed - House (94 - 52) |
April 7, 2009 | VT | S 115 | Same-Sex Marriage | Veto Override Passed - House (100 - 49) |
May 4, 2009 | VT | Transportation Amendment to S 67 | Selective Service Registration by Drivers License | Amendment Rejected - House (60 - 68) |
May 3, 2017 | VT | H 196 | Requires a Statewide Payroll Tax to Fund a Paid Family Leave Insurance Program | Bill Passed - House (88 - 58) |
March 15, 2017 | VT | S 79 | Prohibits the Disclosure of Personally Identifying Information | Bill Passed - House (110 - 24) |
March 16, 2018 | VT | H 710 | Amends State Beer Franchise Contracts | Bill Passed - House (123 - 11) |
April 5, 2019 | VT | H 107 | Establishes a Paid Statewide Family and Medical Leave Program | Bill Passed - House (92 - 52) |
June 26, 2020 | VT | H 965 | Appropriates Funds to Health Care and Human Services Programs from Coronavirus Relief Fund | Concurrence Vote Passed - House |
Feb. 25, 2020 | VT | S 23 | Increases the State Minimum Wage | Veto Override Passed - House (100 - 49) |
Feb. 25, 2020 | VT | S 23 | Increases the State Minimum Wage | Veto Override Passed - House (100 - 49) |
Feb. 20, 2020 | VT | H 568 | Repeals Prohibitions on Sex Work | Bill Passed - House (126 - 19) |
Feb. 5, 2021 | VT | HR 7 | Rescinds the Governor's Executive Order on State-Level Public Safety and Law Enforcement Divisions | Bill Passed - House (108 - 40) |
April 15, 2021 | VT | S 53 | Prohibits Taxing Feminine Hygiene Products | Bill Passed - House (98 - 38) |
March 11, 2021 | VT | H 128 | Prohibits the "Gay Panic" Murder Defense | Bill Passed - House (144 - 1) |
March 12, 2021 | VT | H 133 | Establishes that a Judge Issuing an Emergency Protection Order has the Authority to Require the Firearm | Bill Passed - House (102 - 44) |
May 18, 2021 | VT | S 101 | Expands Affordable Housing Access within Vermont | Bill Passed - House (93 - 56) |
May 10, 2022 | VT | JRS 53 | Establishes Resolution Supporting Care for Transgender Youth | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (134 - 5) |
May 12, 2022 | VT | H 510 | Establishes Child Tax Credit | Conference Report Adopted - House (141 - 4) |
Feb. 10, 2023 | VT | H 89 | Establishes Protections for Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Care | Bill Passed - House (130 - 13) |
March 23, 2023 | VT | H 126 | Establishes New Protections Concerning Biodiversity | Bill Passed - House (108 - 36) |
May 10, 2023 | VT | S 103 | Expands Anti-Harassment Protections and Prohibits Pay Discrimination in the Workplace | Bill Passed - House (125 - 21) |
May 7, 2024 | VT | S 102 | Expands Rights to Collectively Bargain to Agricultural and Domestic Workers | Bill Passed - House (115 - 26) |
March 3, 2023 | VT | H 40 | Prohibits Nonconsensual Removal or Tampering of a Condom | Bill Passed - House (121 - 12) |
March 23, 2023 | VT | H 66 | Expands Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance | Bill Passed - House (99 - 32) |
Jan. 11, 2024 | VT | H 27 | Expands the Definition of Domestic Violence to Include "Coercive and Controlling Behavior" | Bill Passed - House (106 - 31) |