If Scott vetoes climate change bill, what then?

Roll call margins too close to call in House, Senate

By Guy Page

Last Friday, S.5, the carbon credit/carbon tax bill, passed the House. What happens next is predictable. What happens after that is predictable, too. What happens then is a toss-up, and will decide whether S.5 becomes law or just the latest in a string of failed forced carbon emissions reduction bills. 

Stop One: the Vermont Senate, where members will almost certainly agree to minor revisions made by the House. 

Stop Two: Governor Phil Scott’s desk, where a veto is almost certain. 

Over the weekend, Scott telegraphed this in a press release: “Proponents of the bill have argued nothing will move forward without future legislative approval. They also say ‘this is essentially a study.’ Both of these statements are misleading.” Unless the Senate first responds with an overhaul that would have to return to a glowering House, a veto is likely. 

Stop Three: an attempted veto override in the House and Senate. Needing 100 votes, House Speaker Jill Krowinski and her lieutenants suffered an embarrassing, one-vote defeat in their effort to override the Clean Heat Standard, a bill similar to S.5 in its ploy to replace fossil fuels with electricity as Vermont’s primary heating source. It happened because they failed to nail down enough face-to-face commitments from rank-and-filers to override the governor’s veto. A retiring centrist Democrat, Tom Bock of Chester, shocked the leadership by voting with the governor. 

This epic fail reminded many State House insiders of previous Speaker Mitzi Johnson’s failure to secure enough votes for a proposed increase in the heating fuel tax. In both cases, fatal assumptions were made. It is highly likely that such assumptions will not be repeated in the coming veto override effort. 

An override requires a ⅔ majority of the Legislature: 100 votes in the House, and 20 in the Senate. Both supporters and opponents of S.5 can find reasons for optimism in the House and Senate roll calls. 

In the decisive Second Reading, the House voted 98-46 – two votes shy of 100, with six lawmakers not voting. In the Senate, S.5 passed 19-10 on Second Reading and 18-10 on the final and Third Reading. 

Those totals make the prediction of a veto override too close to call.

Optimistic supporters of S.5 hope party loyalty will drive majority party members to keep in step, especially because the veto is by a governor of a rival party. They also take comfort in the pickup of a half-dozen seats by the super-majority in 2022. 

Optimistic opponents of S.5 hope vocal citizen opposition will persuade lawmakers’ to endure leadership’s arm-twisting appeals to loyalty. 

Today and in days to come, VDC will publish informed arguments pro and con to S.5. Citizens may contact lawmakers by calling the State House at 802-828-2228 or by emailing them on their official legislative email addresses, as published in the VDC Vermont Legislature Directory:

House of Representatives

Member	District	Town(s)/city	Party	Committee	District
Representative Julia Andrews	Chittenden-25	Milton, Westford	Democrat	Ways and Means	jandrews@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Joseph Andriano	Addison-Rutland	Shoreham, Orwell etc.	Democrat	Health Care	jandriano@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Peter Anthony	Washington-3	Barre City	Democrat	Ways and Means	panthony@leg.state.vt.us
Representative John Arrison	Windsor-2	Weathersfield	Democrat	Corrections and Institutions	jarrison@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Angela Arsenault	Chittenden-2	Williston	Democrat	Judiciary	aarsenault@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Sarah “Sarita” Austin	Chittenden-19	Colchester	Democrat	Education	saustin@leg.state.vt.us
Representative John L. Bartholomew	Windsor-1	Hartland/W. Windsor	Democrat	Transportation	jbartholomew@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Ashley Bartley	Franklin-1	Georgia/ Fairfax	Republican	General and Housing	abartley@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Scott Beck	Caledonia-Essex	St. Johnsbury/Kirby	Republican	Ways and Means	sbeck@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Daisy Berbeco	Chittenden-21	Winooski	Democrat	Health Care	dberbeco@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Matthew Birong	Addison-3	Vergennes, et al.	Democrat	Gov Operations and Military Affairs	mbirong@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Alyssa Black	Chittenden-24	Essex	Democrat	Health Care	ablack@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Tiffany Bluemle	Chittenden-13	Burlington	Democrat	Appropriations	tbluemle@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Seth Bongartz	Bennington-4	Manchester	Democrat	Environment and Energy	sbongartz@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Michelle Bos-Lun	Windham-3	Westminster	Democrat	Corrections and Institutions	mboslun@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Lucy Boyden	Lamoille-3	Cambridge	Democrat	Gov Operations and Military Affairs	lboyden@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Erin Brady	Chittenden-2	Williston	Democrat	Education	ebrady@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Carolyn Branagan	Franklin-1	Georgia/ Fairfax	Republican	Ways and Means	cbranagan@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Patrick Brennan	Chittenden-19	Colchester	Republican	Appropriations	pbrennan@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Jana Brown	Chittenden-1	Richmond	Democrat	Education	jbrown@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Nelson Brownell	Bennington-1	Pownal	Democrat	Education	nbrownell@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Jessica Brumsted	Chittenden-7	Shelburne	Democrat	Human Services	jbrumsted@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Thomas Burditt	Rutland-2	Rutland	Republican	Judiciary	tburditt@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Mollie S. Burke	Windham-8	Brattleboro	Prog/Dem	Transportation	mburke@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Elizabeth Burrows	Windsor-1	West Windsor	Dem/Prog	General and Housing	eburrows@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Tesha Buss	Windsor-5	Woodstock	Democrat	Education	tbuss@leg.state.vt.us
Representative R. Scott Campbell	Caledonia-Essex	St. Johnsbury	Democrat	Transportation	scampbell@leg.state.vt.us
Representative William Canfield	Rutland-10	Fair Haven	Republican	Ways and Means	wcanfield@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Jim Carroll	Bennington-5	Bennington/ Pownal	Democrat	Commerce and Economic Dev.	jcarroll@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Conor Casey	Washington-4	Montpelier	Democrat	Corrections and Institutions	ccasey@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Ela Chapin	Washington-5	E. Montpelier	Democrat	Judiciary	echapin@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Heather Chase	Windsor-Windham	Chester	Democrat	Commerce and Economic Dev.	hchase@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Seth Chase	Chittenden-20	Colchester	Democrat	Gov Operations and Military Affairs	schase@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Robin Chesnut-Tangerman	Rutland-Bennington	Pawlet/ Wells	Democrat	General and Housing	rchesnut-tangerman@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Kevin “Coach” Christie	Windsor-6	Hartford	Democrat	Judiciary	kchristie@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Brian Cina	Chittenden-15	Burlington	Prog/Dem	Health Care	bcina@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Paul Clifford	Rutland-4	Rutland	Republican	Environment and Energy	pclifford@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Sara Coffey	Windham-1	Guilford	Democrat	Transportation	scoffey@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Esme Cole	Windsor-6	Hartford	Democrat	Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry	ecole@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Peter Conlon	Addison-2	Cornwall	Democrat	Education	pconlon@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Timothy R. Corcoran II	Bennington-2	Bennington	Democrat	Transportation	tcorcoran@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Mari Cordes	Addison-4	Lincoln	Democrat	Health Care	mcordes@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Penny Demar	Franklin-7	Enosburg	Republican	Health Care	ademar@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Carl Demrow	Orange-1	Corinth, et al.	Democrat	Ways and Means	cdemrow@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Eileen Dickinson	Franklin-2	St. Albans Town	Republican	Appropriations	edickinson@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Leonora Dodge	Chittenden-23	Essex	Democrat	Transportation	ldodge@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Karen Dolan	Chittenden-22	Essex	Democrat	Judiciary	kndolan@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Katherine “Kari” Dolan	Washington-2	Waitsfield	Democrat	Appropriations	kdolan@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Anne B. Donahue	Washington-1	Northfield	Republican	Human Services	adonahue@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Kate Donnally	Lamoille-2	Hyde Park, et al.	Democrat	Judiciary	kdonnally@leg.state.vt.us
Representative David Durfee	Bennington-3	Shaftsbury	Democrat	Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry	ddurfee@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Caleb Elder	Addison-4	Starksboro	Democrat	General and Housing	celder@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Alice M. Emmons	Windsor-3	Springfield	Democrat	Corrections and Institutions	aemmons@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Bobby Farlice-Rubio	Caledonia-1	Barnet/ Waterford	Democrat	Health Care	bfarlice-rubio@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Gina Galfetti	Washington-Orange	Barre/ Williamstown	Republican	Corrections and Institutions	ggalfetti@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Rey Garofano	Chittenden-23	Essex	Democrat	Human Services	rgarofano@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Leslie Goldman	Windham-3	Rockingham	Democrat	Health Care	lgoldman@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Kenneth Goslant	Washington-1	Northfield	Republican	Judiciary	kgoslant@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Rodney Graham	Orange-3	Williamstown	Republican	Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry	rgraham@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Edye Graning	Chittenden-3	Jericho/ Underhill	Democrat	Commerce and Economic Dev.	egraning@leg.state.vt.us
Representative James Gregoire	Franklin-6	Fairfield	Republican	Human Services	jgregoire@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Lisa Hango	Franklin-5	Berkshire	Republican	Gov Operations, Military Affairs	LHango@leg.state.vt.us
Representative James Harrison	Rutland-11	Chittenden	Republican	Appropriations	jharrison@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Troy Headrick	Chittenden-15	Burlington	Prog/Dem	Corrections and Institutions	theadrick@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Mark Higley	Orleans-Lamoille	Lowell	Republican	Gov Operations, Military Affairs	mhigley@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Rebecca Holcombe	Windsor-Orange-2	Norwich, et al.	Democrat	Appropriations	rholcombe@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Philip Jay Hooper	Orange-Washington-Addison	Berlin	Democrat	Gov Operations, Military Affairs	JHooper@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Robert Hooper	Chittenden-18	Burlington	Democrat	Gov Operations, Military Affairs	rhooper@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Lori Houghton	Chittenden-22	Essex Jct.	Democrat	Health Care	LHoughton@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Mary E. Howard	Rutland-6	Rutland	Democrat	General and Housing	MHoward@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Noah Hyman	Chittenden-8	S. Burlington/ Williston	Democrat	Human Services	nhyman@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Kathleen James	Bennington-4	Manchester Center	Democrat	General and Housing	kjames@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Stephanie Jerome	Rutland-9	Brandon	Democrat	Commerce and Economic Dev.	sjerome@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Emilie Kornheiser	Windham-7	Brattleboro	Democrat	Ways and Means	ekornheiser@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Emilie Krasnow	Chittenden-9	S. Burlington	Democrat	General and Housing	ekrasnow@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Jill Krowinski	Chittenden-16	Burlington	Democrat	Rules	jkrowinski@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Larry Labor	Essex-Orleans	Morgan	Republican	General and Housing	llabor@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Dennis LaBounty	Caledonia-3	Lyndon, et al.	Democrat	General and Housing	dlabounty@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Kate Lalley	Chittenden-6	Shelburne	Democrat	Transportation	klalley@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Martin LaLonde	Chittenden-12	S. Burlington	Democrat	Judiciary	mlalonde@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Saudia LaMont	Lamoille-Washington	Stowe/ Morristown	Democrat	General and Housing	SLamont@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Diane Lanpher	Addison-3	Vergennes	Democrat	Appropriations	dlanpher@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Wayne Laroche	Franklin-5	Franklin	Republican	Corrections and Institutions	wlaroche@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Josie Leavitt	Grand Isle-Chittenden	Grand Isle	Democrat	Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry	jleavitt@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Jed Lipsky	Lamoille-1	Stowe	Independent	Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry	jlipsky@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Kate Logan	Chittenden-16	Burlington	Prog/Dem	Environment and Energy	klogan@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Emily Long	Windham-5	Newfane	Democrat	Rules	elong@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Eric Maguire	Rutland-5	Rutland City	Republican	Corrections and Institutions	emaguire@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Michael Marcotte	Orleans-Lamoille	Coventry	Republican	Commerce and Economic Dev.	mmarcotte@leg.state.vt.us
Representative James Masland	Windsor-Orange-2	Thetford	Democrat	Ways and Means	jmasland@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Christopher Mattos	Chittenden-Franklin	Milton	Republican	Ways and Means	cmattos@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Kate McCann	Washington-4	Montpelier	Democrat	Education	kmccann@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Michael McCarthy	Franklin-3	St. Albans	Democrat	Gov Operations, Military Affairs	mmccarthy@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Patricia McCoy	Rutland-1	Pultney	Republican	Transportation	pmccoy@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Francis McFaun	Washington-Orange	Barre Town	Republican	Health Care	fmcfaun@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Jubilee McGill	Addison-5	Middlebury, et al.	Democrat	Human Services	jmcgill@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Marc Mihaly	Washington-6	Calais/ Marshfield	Democrat	Appropriations	mmihaly@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Brian Minier	Chittenden-11	S. Burlington	Democrat	Education	bminier@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Michael Morgan	Grand Isle-Chittenden	W. Milton	Republican	Gov Operations, Military Affairs	mmorgan@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Kristi Morris	Windsor-3	Springfield	Democrat	Environment and Energy	kmorris2@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Mary A. Morrissey	Bennington-5	Bennington	Republican	Corrections and Institutions	mmorrissey@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Michael Mrowicki	Windham-4	Putney	Democrat	Gov Operations, Military Affairs	mmrowicki@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Emma Mulvaney-Stanak	Chittenden-17	Burlington	Prog/Dem	Commerce, Economic Dev	emulvaneystanak@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Logan Nicoll	Rutland-Windsor	Ludlow	Democrat	Commerce and Economic Dev	lnicoll@leg.state.vt.us
Representative William Notte	Rutland-7	Rutland City	Democrat	Judiciary	wnotte@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Daniel Noyes	Lamoille-2	Wolcott	Democrat	Human Services	DNoyes@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Kate Nugent	Chittenden-10	S. Burlington	Democrat	Gov Operations, Military Affairs	knugent@leg.state.vt.us
Representative John O’Brien	Windsor-Orange-1	Tunbridge	Democrat	Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry	jobrien@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Carol Ode	Chittenden-18	Burlington	Democrat	Ways and Means	COde@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Thomas Oliver	Franklin-4	Swanton/ Sheldon	Repub/Dem	Judiciary	toliver@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Woodman Page	Orleans-2	Newport	Republican	Appropriations	wpage@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Kelly Pajala	Windham-Windsor-Bennington	Londonderry, et al.	Independent	Human Services	kpajala@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Joseph Parsons	Orange-Caledonia	Newbury	Republican	General and Housing	jparsons@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Avram Patt	Lamoille-Washington	Stowe/ Morristown	Democrat	Enivironment and Energy	apatt@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Henry Pearl	Caledonia-Washington	Danville	Democrat	Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry	hpearl@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Arthur Peterson	Rutland-2	Clarendon	Republican	Human Services	apeterson@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Phil Pouech	Chittenden-4	Hinesburg	Democrat	Transportation	ppouech@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Monique Priestley	Orange-2	Bradford, et al.	Democrat	Commerce and Economic Dev	mpriestley@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Barbara Rachelson	Chittenden-14	Burlington	Democrat	Judiciary	brachelson@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Mike Rice	Bennington-Rutland	Dorset, et al.	Democrat	Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry	mrice@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Tristan Roberts	Windham-6	Wilmington, et al.	Democrat	Corrections and Institutions	troberts@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Jarrod Sammis	Rutland-3	Castleton	Republican	Commerce and Economic Dev	jsammis@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Larry Satcowitz	Orange-Washington-Addison	Randolph	Democrat	Environment and Energy	lsatcowitz@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Robin Scheu	Addison-1	Middlebury	Democrat	Appropriations	RScheu@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Charles “Butch” Shaw	Rutland-8	Pittsford	Republican	Transportation	bshaw@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Amy Sheldon	Addison-1	Middlebury	Democrat	Environment and Energy	asheldon@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Laura Sibilia	Windham-2	Dover	Independent	Environment and Energy	lsibilia@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Katherine Sims	Orleans-4	Craftsbury	Democrat	Ways and Means	ksims@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Taylor Small	Chittenden-21	Winooski	Prog/Dem	Human Services	tsmall@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Brian Smith	Orleans-1	Derby	Republican	Environment and Energy	BSmith@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Trevor Squirrell	Chittenden-3	Underhill	Democrat	Appropriations	TSquirrell@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Gabrielle Stebbins	Chittenden-13	Burlington	Democrat	Environment and Energy	gstebbins@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Thomas Stevens	Washington-Chittenden	Waterbury	Democrat	General and Housing	tstevens@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Mary-Katherine Stone	Chittenden-14	Burlington	Dem/Prog	Education	mstone@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Heather Surprenant	Windsor-4	Barnard	Prog/Dem	Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry	hsurprenant@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Chris Taylor	Chittenden-Franklin	Milton	Republican	Education	cataylor@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Curt Taylor	Chittenden-20	Colchester	Democrat	Ways and Means	CTaylor@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Dave Templeman	Orleans-3	Brownington	Democrat	Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry	dtempleman@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Tristan Toleno	Windham-9	Brattleboro	Democrat	Appropriations	ttoleno@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Casey Toof	Franklin-8	St. Albans Town	Republican	Education/ Rules	ctoof@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Dara Torre	Washington-2	Waitsfield	Democrat	Environment and Energy	dtorre@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Joseph “Chip” Troiano	Caledonia-2	Stannard	Democrat	Corrections and Institutions	ctroiano@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Matt Walker	Franklin-4	Swanton	Republican	Transportation	mwalker@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Chea Waters Evans	Chittenden-5	Hinesburg/ Charlotte	Democrat	Gov Operations, Military Affairs	cevans@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Kirk White	Windsor-Addison	Bethel	Dem/Prog	Commerce and Economic Dev	kwhite@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Dane Whitman	Bennington-2	Bennington	Democrat	Human Services	dwhitman@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Jonathan Williams	Washington-3	Barre	Democrat	Commerce and Economic Dev	jwilliams@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Terri Lynn Williams	Essex-Caledonia	Granby	Republican	Education	twilliams@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Charles Wilson	Caledonia-3	Lyndon, et al.	Republican	Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry	cwilson@leg.state.vt.us
Representative Theresa Wood	Washington-Chittenden	Waterbury	Democrat	Human Services	twood@leg.state.vt.us
Senate
Senator Philip Baruth	Chittenden-Central	Burlington	Dem/Prog	Appropriations/ Judiciary/ Rules	pbaruth@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Christopher Bray	Addison District	New Haven	Democrat	Finance/ Natural Resources and Energy	cbray@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Randy Brock	Franklin	St. Albans	Republican	Economic Dev., Housing and General Affairs/ Finance/ Rules	rbrock@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Brian Campion	Bennington	Bennington	Democrat	Agriculture/ Education	bcampion@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Thomas Chittenden	Chittenden-Southeast	S. Burlington	Democrat	Finance/ Transportation	tchittenden@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Alison Clarkson	Windsor	Woodstock	Democrat	Economic Dev., Housing and General Affairs/ Rules/ Gov. Operations	AClarkson@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Brian Collamore	Rutland	Rutland	Republican	Agriculture/ Institutions	bcollamore@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Ann Cummings	Washington	Montpelier	Democrat	Economic Dev., Housing and General Affairs/ Finance	acummings@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Martine Gulick	Chittenden-Central	Burlington	Democrat	Education/ Health and Welfare	mgulick@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Ruth Hardy	Addison	East Middlebury	Democrat	Gov. Operations/ Health and Welfare	rhardy@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Wendy Harrison	Windham	Brattleboro	Democrat	Economic Dev., Housing and General Affairs/ Institutions	wharrison@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Nader Hashim	Windham	Dummerston	Democrat	Education/ Judiciary	nhashim@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Russ Ingalls	Essex	Newport	Republican	Institutions/ Transportation	ringalls@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Jane Kitchel	Caledonia	Danville	Democrat	Appropriations/ Transportation	jkitchel@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Virginia “Ginny” Lyons	Chittenden-Southeast	Williston	Democrat	Appropriations/ Health and Welfare	vlyons@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Mark A. MacDonald	Orange	Williamstown	Democrat	Finance/ Natural Resources and Energy	mmacdonald@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Dick Mazza	Grand Isle	Colchester	Democrat	Institutions/ Transportation/ Rules	dmazza@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Dick McCormack	Windsor	Bethel	Democrat	Finance/ Natural Resources and Energy	rmccormack@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Robert Norris	Franklin	Sheldon	Republican	Gov. Operations/ Judiciary	rnorris@leg.state.vt.us
Senator andrew Perchlik	Washington	Montpelier	DemProg	Appropriations/ Transportation/ Rules	aperchlik@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale	Chittenden-Southeast	Burlington	Democrat	Economic Dev, Housing and General Affairs/ Finance	kramhinsdale@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Dick Sears Jr.	Bennington	N. Bennington	Democrat	Appropriations/ Judiciary	rsears@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Robert Starr	Orleans	N. Troy	Democrat	Agriculture/ Appropriations	rstarr@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Tanya Vyhovsky	Chittenden-Central	Essex	Prog/Dem	Government Operations/ Judiciary	tvyhovsky@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Anne Watson	Washington	Montpelier	Dem/Prog	Gov. Operations/ Natural Resources and Energy	awatson@leg.state.vt.us
Senator David Weeks	Rutland	Proctor	Republican	Education/ Health and Welfare	dweeks@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Richard Westman	Lamoille	Cambridge	Republican	Agriculture/ Appropriations	rwestman@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Rebecca White	Windsor	Hartford	Democrat	Gov. Operations/ Natural Resources and Energy	rwhite@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Terry Williams	Rutland	Poultney	Republican	Education/ Health and Welfare	twilliams@leg.state.vt.us
Senator Irene Wrenner	Chittenden-North	Essex	Democrat	Agriculture/ Institutions