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Roll Call! June 17 Veto Session

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by Guy Page

The Vermont Legislature Monday, June 17 overrode six of Gov. Phil Scott’s eight vetoes of the 2024 session.

His veto of a ban on flavored tobacco was not taken up for consideration during the veto session. The Senate narrowly sustained the veto of H.121, the ‘data privacy’ bill.

This graph will be expanded with information about the election status of lawmakers next week.

LegislatorH.887H.289H.72H.687H.121h.645H.706
13.8% statewide property tax, new short-term rental, software taxes to address school funding deficit – Veto OverriddenRenewable Energy Standard, mandates zero carbon emissions from electricity and 70% instate renewable generation. Will increase utility rates. – OverriddenHarm-reduction AKA ‘safe injection sites’ prohibits law enforcement of drug use laws at sites – OverriddenAct 250 reform bill exempts some urban development from review process, further restricts home building in rural areas – Overriddenprotects citizens’ data privacy rights, exposes VT businesses to lawsuits, forbids unannounced parental monitoring of youth internet access – Veto sustainedExpands non-punitive restorative justice, especially for minors. Vetoed because unfunded. – OverriddenBans neonicotinoid pesticides. May help bees, will hurt farmers, Gov. Scott veto says. – Overridden
SenateVote
Baruth of Chittenden-Central DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Bray of Addison DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaNayYeaYea
Brock of Franklin DistrictNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Campion of Bennington DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaNayYeaYea
Chittenden of Chittenden-Southeast DistrictYeaYeaNayYeaNayYeaYea
Clarkson of Windsor DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Collamore of Rutland DistrictNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Cummings of Washington DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaNayYeaYea
Gulick of Chittenden-Central DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Hardy of Addison DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Harrison of Windham DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Hashim of Windham DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Ingalls of Essex DistrictNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Julow of Grand Isle DistrictYeaYeaNayYeaNayYeaYea
Kitchel of Caledonia DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaNayYeaNay
Lyons of Chittenden-Southeast DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
MacDonald of Orange DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaNayYeaYea
McCormack of Windsor DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Norris of Franklin DistrictNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Perchlik of Washington DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Ram Hinsdale of Chittenden-Southeast DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Starr of Orleans DistrictYeaNayNayYeaNayNayNay
Vyhovsky of Chittenden-Central DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Watson of Washington DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Weeks of Rutland DistrictNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Westman of Lamoille DistrictNayYeaYeaNayNayNayNay
White of Windsor DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Williams of Rutland DistrictNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Wrenner of Chittenden-North DistrictYeaNayYeaNayYeaYeaYea
House of Representatives
Andrews of WestfordYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Andriano of OrwellYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Anthony of Barre CityYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Arrison of WeathersfieldYeaYeaNayYeaYeaYeaYea
Arsenault of WillistonYeaYeaYeaYeaYea*YeaYea
Austin of ColchesterYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Bartholomew of HartlandAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Bartley of FairfaxNay*NayNayNayYeaNayNay
Beck of St. JohnsburyNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Berbeco of WinooskiYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Birong of VergennesYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Black of EssexYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Bluemle of BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Bongartz of ManchesterYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Bos-Lun of WestminsterYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Boyden of CambridgeYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaNay
Brady of WillistonYea*YeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Branagan of GeorgiaNayNayNayNayYeaNayNay
Brennan of ColchesterNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Brown of RichmondYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Brownell of PownalNayNayNayYeaYeaYeaNay
Brumsted of ShelburneYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Burditt of West RutlandNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Burke of BrattleboroYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Burrows of West WindsorYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Buss of WoodstockYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Campbell of St. JohnsburyYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Canfield of Fair HavenNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Carpenter of Hyde ParkYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Carroll of BenningtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Casey of MontpelierYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Chapin of East MontpelierYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Chase of ChesterYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Chase of ColchesterYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Chesnut-Tangerman of Middletown SpringsYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Christie of HartfordYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Cina of BurlingtonYeaYeaYea*YeaYeaYeaYea
Clifford of Rutland CityNayNayNay*YeaNayNayNay
Coffey of GuilfordYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Cole of HartfordYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Conlon of CornwallYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Corcoran of BenningtonYeaNayNayYeaYeaYeaYea
Cordes of LincolnYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Demar of EnosburghNayNayNayNayYeaNayYea
Demrow of CorinthYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Dickinson of St. Albans TownNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Dodge of EssexYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Dolan of Essex JunctionAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Dolan of WaitsfieldYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Donahue of NorthfieldNayNayNayNayYeaNayYea
Duke of BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Durfee of ShaftsburyYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Elder of StarksboroYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Emmons of SpringfieldYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Farlice-Rubio of BarnetYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Galfetti of Barre TownNayNay*NayNayYeaNay
Garofano of EssexYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Goldman of RockinghamYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Goslant of NorthfieldNayNayNayNayNayNay
Graham of WilliamstownNayNayNayNayNayNay
Graning of JerichoYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Gregoire of FairfieldNayNayNayNayYeaNay
Hango of BerkshireNayNayNayNayYeaNay
Harrison of ChittendenNayNayNayNayYeaNay
Headrick of BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Higley of LowellNayNayNayNayNayNay
Holcombe of NorwichYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Hooper of BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Hooper of RandolphNayNayYeaYeaYeaYea
Houghton of Essex JunctionYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Howard of Rutland CityYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Hyman of South BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
James of ManchesterYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Jerome of BrandonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Kornheiser of BrattleboroYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Krasnow of South BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Krowinski of BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Labor of MorganNayNayNayNayYeaNay
LaBounty of LyndonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Lalley of ShelburneYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
LaLonde of South BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
LaMont of MorristownYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Lanpher of VergennesYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Laroche of FranklinNayNayNayNayYeaNay
Leavitt of Grand IsleYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Lipsky of StoweNayNayYeaNayYeaYea
Logan of BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Long of NewfaneYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Maguire of Rutland CityNayNayNayYeaYeaNay
Marcotte of CoventryNayNayNayNayYeaNay
Masland of ThetfordYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Mattos of MiltonNayNayNayNayNayNay
McCann of MontpelierYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
McCarthy of St. Albans CityYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
McCoy of PoultneyNayNayNayNayNayNay
McFaun of Barre TownNayNayNayNayYeaNay
McGill of BridportYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Mihaly of CalaisYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Minier of South BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Morgan of MiltonNay*NayNay*NayYeaNay
Morris of SpringfieldYeaYeaNayYeaYeaYea
Morrissey of BenningtonNayNayNayNayYeaYea
Mrowicki of PutneyYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Nicoll of LudlowYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Notte of Rutland CityYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Noyes of WolcottAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Nugent of South BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
O’Brien of TunbridgeYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Ode of BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Oliver of SheldonNayNayNayNayNayNay
Page of Newport CityNayNayNayNayYeaNay
Pajala of LondonderryYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Parsons of NewburyNayNayNayNayYeaNay
Patt of WorcesterYeaYea*YeaYeaYeaYea
Pearl of DanvilleNayNayNayNayYeaYea
Peterson of ClarendonNayNay*NayNayYeaNay
Pouech of HinesburgYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Priestley of BradfordYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Quimby of LyndonNayNayNayNayNayNay
Rachelson of BurlingtonYea*YeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Rice of DorsetYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Roberts of HalifaxYeaYeaYea*YeaYeaYea
Sammis of CastletonNayNayYea*NayYeaYea
Satcowitz of RandolphYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Scheu of MiddleburyYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Shaw of PittsfordNayNayNayNayNayNay
Sheldon of MiddleburyYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Sibilia of DoverYeaYeaYeaNayYeaYea
Sims of CraftsburyNayNayYeaYeaYeaYea
Small of WinooskiYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Smith of DerbyAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Squirrell of UnderhillYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Stebbins of BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Stevens of WaterburyYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Stone of BurlingtonAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Surprenant of BarnardYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Taylor of ColchesterYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Taylor of MiltonNay*NayNayNayYeaNay
Templeman of BrowningtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Toleno of BrattleboroYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Toof of St. Albans TownNay*NayNayNayNayNay
Torre of MoretownYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Troiano of StannardYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Walker of SwantonNayNayNayNayNayNay
Waters Evans of CharlotteYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
White of BethelYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Whitman of BenningtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Williams of Barre CityYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Williams of GranbyNayNay*NayNay*NayNay
Wood of WaterburyYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea

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  1. Well, Vermont with its Super ” Stupid ” Majority, this is what you get, just look at how your representative voted, let’s take your 13.8% property tax ” Increase ” are you proud of their decision, to drag you financially down………………..

    Wake up people, they don’t care, you are the money tree, and their, attitude is just deal with it, and that’s their mindset!!

    You vote them in, year after year.

  2. Just out of curiosity, especially with our legislators whining about how they can’t afford to serve…..how many receive income sensitivity on their own property taxes?

  3. I really think every legislator should have to raise their right hand and swear to uphold a version of the Hippocratic oath similar to what doctors swear to..”First do no harm”.. or “I swear to abstain from all intentional wrong doing and harm”
    Vermonters are being harmed by the very people (they) elected thinking these people would make their lives better.. Time to WAKE UP and clean house or Vermont is done. It may already be too late to right this sinking ship!

    • CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF VERMONT
      § 16. [Representatives’ oaths]

      The Representatives having met, and chosen their Speaker and Clerk, shall each of them, before they proceed to business, take and subscribe, as well the oath or affirmation of allegiance hereinafter directed (except where they shall produce certificates of their having theretofore taken and subscribed the same) as the following oath or affirmation:

      You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that as a member of this Assembly, you will not propose, or assent to, any bill, vote or resolution, which shall appear to you injurious to the people, nor do nor consent to any act or thing whatever, that shall have a tendency to lessen or abridge their rights and privileges, as declared by the Constitution of this State; but will, in all things, conduct yourself as a faithful, honest Representative and guardian of the people, according to the best of your judgment and ability. (In case of an oath) So help you God. (Or in case of an affirmation) Under the pains and penalties of perjury.”

      On the other hand, the requirement “to the best of your judgment and ability” isn’t defined. Surely, the mere attempt is all that’s required. No guarantees. At least not to the extent the rest of us agree to when we enter into all sorts of private contracts.

      It’s little wonder then that ‘private’ or ‘independent’ are dirty words in politics. And it explains why the public sector is always unaccountable.

      “Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm; but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.” – T. S. Eliot

  4. If this excessive property tax isn’t reason enough to drain the swamp then there never will be one. If you voted for these people, you have no basis to complain as it is your fault and please, I don’t want to hear, “And support a Republican?” But then why should I care, I’ll be speaking with my contractor Monday about the building of my house in East Tennessee.

    • Mr. John: From what I have been able to glean from many sources: NONE OF US has voted for a minimum of 40 YEARS.

      You DO know that our overlords passed a VOTING MACHINES ONLY law, right? The one we were not asked about.
      You know the same voting machines owned and hacked by CHINA?????

      Speaking of asking: I want all VT politicians to produce their signatures affirming they actually took their oath of office!!!!

      ANYONE WITH ME???

    • The ‘excessive property tax’ is one of the very reasons we can’t drain the swamp. The two wolves have decided to have the lamb for lunch.

    • I envy you. Real nice people too. They always wave when you pass on a country road. Here, in Vermont, not so much… if at all.

      Rocky Top, you’ll always be home sweet home to me.

  5. Romans 1:28-32 “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.”

    In light of what is going on here and elsewhere, the verse appears accurate and fitting to me. Biblical times indeed. They know it better than those who proclaim to know it and follow it. They should also know it does not end well for them, but they don’t see past their own self-destruction. There within lies the Truth and the twist of fate. The harvest is ready.

  6. Vote for me King Philip the Scott 1st Eunuch King of Castrati so more of my vetos can be overridden by the Commiecrats that put me here and by the way I do not support Donald J. Trump.

    PS: I am a Republican you know.

  7. Guy, thank you for this fantastic and thorough summary of the roll call votes. it is very helpful and exposes the extent of party loyalty and adherence to party dictates rather than intelligent and thoughtful decision making. This kind of governing completely fails to fulfill the goals of the Vermont Constitution and fails to serve the people on a grand scale. If there is a grade lower than F minus? If so, they’ve earned it.

    I’m sure there are Vermonters who blindly believe the lies, thinking the legislators are the experts and they know best; but I pray for a great awakening when the shtf resulting from the passage of these bills. Unfortunately it will be too late for the many who will be harmed. The November elections won’t solve the problem because many of these elected useful idiots are running unopposed.

  8. Andy Julow, just appointed by Gov. Scott to fill the late Sen. Dick Mazza’s seat posted this on Front Porch Forum (Issue 4381, June 10):

    “Education Yield Bill. This is the big one. A 14% increase in the base education tax rate and a study to explore and propose changes to the education funding formula. Can we wait another year to change the formula? The Governor believes not, and based on feedback from you, and my own experience, I’m inclined to agree.”

    Wow, didn’t take him long to turn against his new constituents!

    • Well, good for Mr. Julow, I think. Thanks for passing this on.

      Just wondering, Alan, why you believe you haven’t been excommunicated from FPF like so many of us have?

    • H. Jay Eshelman – Lol! It’s a delicate balance between biting my tongue and, as diplomatically as possible, still getting my point across. Still, I had one contribution not published there some time ago.

  9. just another day at the vermont zoo////// pay your property taxes and get back into your cave////// the dog and pony show will last forever and you will own nothing and will be happy////

  10. THANK YOU Oh Great Overlords for protecting me from my own incredibly selfish desire to keep as much of my own money as possible.

    THANK YOU for reminding me, with your steel toed boot, that I MUST be grateful you haven’t OVERTLY done everything to get it through my thick skull that AMERICANS are not wanted here; that AMERICANS should really get the message loud and clear that WE are breathing the air and eating the food and living in the houses that ARE NOT FOR US. And WE ALL know WHO you are paving the road for.

    THANK YOU for making it oh-so-clear that I have no voice, just money that the drunk with power can pilfer at will.

    THANK YOU for giving me this opportunity to impart my true and unvarnished sentiments:
    Usurpers who consider themselves worthy of being DECIDERS: There’s always gonna be a DECIDER after YOU…

    “First they came for the socialists, but I was not a socialist, so I said nothing……..”
    Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, WWII Nazi Germany dissident

    https://allnewspipeline.com/No_Excuse_To_Be_Clueless.php

  11. “”The possession of great power necessarily implies great responsibility.” – MP William Lamb, June 27, 1817

    “”I submit respectfully to the House as a general principle that our responsibility in this matter is directly proportionate to our power. Where there is great power there is great responsibility” – Winston Churchill, 1906

    ATTN: Guy Page…..Keep the trivia comin.

    “