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Vermont H 951 — An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government
Vermont, 2025-2026. H 951: An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government
Latest action
May 29, 2026 — House message: Governor approved bill on June 16, 2026
Summary
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Sponsors
- House Committee on Appropriations — primary sponsor
Bill text
As IntroducedOpens in a new window Read version ↗
As Passed By the House (OfficialOpens in a new window) Read version ↗
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Senate Proposal of Amendment (OfficialOpens in a new window) Read version ↗
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As Passed by Both House and Senate (OfficialOpens in a new window) Read version ↗
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Recorded votes
Proposal of amendment agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Perchlik, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 23, Nays = 7
April 28, 2026 · Senate · pass
yes: 23 · no: 7 · not voting: 0
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (30)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Baruth | yes |
| Beck | yes |
| Benson | yes |
| Bongartz | yes |
| Brennan | yes |
| Chittenden | yes |
| Clarkson | yes |
| Collamore | yes |
| Cummings | yes |
| Gulick | yes |
| Harrison | yes |
| Hashim | yes |
| Lyons | yes |
| Major | yes |
| Mattos | yes |
| Morley | yes |
| Norris | yes |
| Perchlik | yes |
| Plunkett | yes |
| Ram Hinsdale | yes |
| Watson | yes |
| Westman | yes |
| White | yes |
| Brock | no |
| Hardy | no |
| Heffernan | no |
| Ingalls | no |
| Vyhovsky | no |
| Weeks | no |
| Williams | no |
Roll Call, requested by Senator Hardy, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 7, Nays = 23
April 28, 2026 · Senate · fail
yes: 7 · no: 23 · not voting: 0
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (30)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Clarkson | yes |
| Gulick | yes |
| Hardy | yes |
| Hashim | yes |
| Major | yes |
| Vyhovsky | yes |
| White | yes |
| Baruth | no |
| Beck | no |
| Benson | no |
| Bongartz | no |
| Brennan | no |
| Brock | no |
| Chittenden | no |
| Collamore | no |
| Cummings | no |
| Harrison | no |
| Heffernan | no |
| Ingalls | no |
| Lyons | no |
| Mattos | no |
| Morley | no |
| Norris | no |
| Perchlik | no |
| Plunkett | no |
| Ram Hinsdale | no |
| Watson | no |
| Weeks | no |
| Westman | no |
| Williams | no |
Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 69 of 137 to Pass -- Yeas = 97, Nays = 40
March 27, 2026 · House · pass
yes: 97 · no: 40 · not voting: 12
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (149)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Arsenault | yes |
| Austin | yes |
| Bartholomew | yes |
| Berbeco | yes |
| Birong | yes |
| Bishop | yes |
| Black | yes |
| Bluemle | yes |
| Bos-Lun | yes |
| Boutin | yes |
| Boyden | yes |
| Brady | yes |
| Brown | yes |
| Burke | yes |
| Burkhardt | yes |
| Burrows | yes |
| Campbell | yes |
| Canfield | yes |
| Casey | yes |
| Cina | yes |
| Cole | yes |
| Conlon | yes |
| Cooper | yes |
| Corcoran | yes |
| Critchlow | yes |
| Dickinson | yes |
| Dodge | yes |
| Dolan | yes |
| Donahue | yes |
| Duke | yes |
| Durfee | yes |
| Eastes | yes |
| Emmons | yes |
| Feltus | yes |
| Galfetti | yes |
| Garofano | yes |
| Goldman | yes |
| Goodnow | yes |
| Graning | yes |
| Greer | yes |
| Hango | yes |
| Harple | yes |
| Headrick | yes |
| Holcombe | yes |
| Houghton | yes |
| Howard | yes |
| Hoyt | yes |
| Hunter | yes |
| James | yes |
| Kascenska | yes |
| Kimbell | yes |
| Kleppner | yes |
| Kornheiser | yes |
| Krasnow | yes |
| Lalley | yes |
| LaLonde | yes |
| Laroche | yes |
| Lipsky | yes |
| Logan | yes |
| Long | yes |
| Lueders | yes |
| Marcotte | yes |
| Masland | yes |
| McCann | yes |
| McFaun | yes |
| McGill | yes |
| Mihaly | yes |
| Minier | yes |
| Morris | yes |
| Morrow | yes |
| Mrowicki | yes |
| Nigro | yes |
| Noyes | yes |
| Nugent | yes |
| O'Brien | yes |
| Ode | yes |
| Olson | yes |
| Page | yes |
| Pezzo | yes |
| Pouech | yes |
| Priestley | yes |
| Rachelson | yes |
| Satcowitz | yes |
| Scheu | yes |
| Sheldon | yes |
| Sibilia | yes |
| Squirrell | yes |
| Stevens | yes |
| Stone | yes |
| Sweeney | yes |
| Tomlinson | yes |
| Torre | yes |
| Waszazak | yes |
| Waters Evans | yes |
| White | yes |
| Wood | yes |
| Yacovone | yes |
| Bartley | no |
| Bosch | no |
| Branagan | no |
| Brigham | no |
| Burditt | no |
| Burtt | no |
| Casey | no |
| Charlton | no |
| Coffin | no |
| Demar | no |
| Dobrovich | no |
| Dolgin | no |
| Goslant | no |
| Harvey | no |
| Hooper | no |
| Howland | no |
| Keyser | no |
| Labor | no |
| Luneau | no |
| Maguire | no |
| Malay | no |
| McCoy | no |
| Morgan, L. | no |
| Morgan, M. | no |
| Morrissey | no |
| Nelson | no |
| Nielsen | no |
| North | no |
| Oliver | no |
| Parsons | no |
| Pinsonault | no |
| Powers | no |
| Pritchard | no |
| Quimby | no |
| Southworth | no |
| Steady | no |
| Tagliavia | no |
| Taylor | no |
| Taylor | no |
| Wells | no |
| Bailey | not voting |
| Carris Duncan | not voting |
| Chapin | not voting |
| Christie | not voting |
| Gregoire | not voting |
| Higley | not voting |
| Krowinski | not voting |
| LaMont | not voting |
| Micklus | not voting |
| Walker | not voting |
| White | not voting |
| Winter | not voting |
Legislative history
- House message: Governor approved bill on June 16, 2026
- Signed by Governor on June 16, 2026
- Delivered to Governor on June 10, 2026
- House message: House adopted Conference Committee report
- Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to deliver the bill to the Governor forthwith, which was agreed to
- Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill)
- Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration, pending entry on Notice Calendar, as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- Senate Message: Report of Committee of Conference adopted
- Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Lyons
- Committee of Conference report adopted
- Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Perchlik for Committee, text
- Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Lyons
- Committee of Conference report
- Entered on Notice Calendar
- Senate Message: Committee of Conference members appointed
- Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Perchlik, Lyons, and Westman
- House message: House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
- Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- Speaker appointed Reps. Scheu of Middlebury, Feltus of Lyndon, and Bluemle of Burlington as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- Senate proposal of amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Scheu of Middlebury
- Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment
- Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
- Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth
- Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
- Pending third reading, Senator Vyhovsky proposal of amendment, disagreed to
- Pending third reading, Senator Hardy, Perchlik, and Collamore proposal of amendment, agreed to
- Pending third reading, Senator Perchlik, Baruth, Brennan, Lyons, Norris, Watson, and Westman proposal of amendment, agreed to
- Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Perchlik
- New Business/Third Reading
- 3rd reading ordered
- Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Perchlik
- Proposal of amendment agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Perchlik, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 23, Nays = 7
- Proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations agreed to
- Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Hardy
- Roll Call, requested by Senator Hardy, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 7, Nays = 23
- Proposal of amendment not agreed to
- Senator Hardy proposal of amendment text
- Reported favorably by Senator Chittenden for Committee on Finance
- Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations
- Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- Second Reading
- Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- Second Reading
- Entered on Notice Calendar
- Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- Second Reading
- Entered on Notice Calendar
- Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Appropriations
- Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 69 of 137 to Pass -- Yeas = 97, Nays = 40
- Passed
- Rep. McCoy of Poultney demanded yeas and nays
- Read third time
- Rep. Emmons of Springfield moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
- Action Calendar: Third Reading
- Third Reading ordered
- Rep. Scheu of Middlebury, Bluemle of Burlington, Dickinson of St. Albans Town, Feltus of Lyndon, Kascenska of Burke, Laroche of Franklin, Mrowicki of Putney, Nigro of Bennington, Squirrell of Underhill, Stevens of Waterbury, and Yacovone of Morristown moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
- Rep. Kornheiser of Brattleboro recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- Rep. Scheu of Middlebury spoke for the Committee on Appropriations
- Read second time
- Action Calendar: Favorable
- Notice Calendar: Favorable
- Committee bill read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
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