Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

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U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

Legislative Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution

VT Scorecard 2021-2022

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U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Vermont Legislature in 2021-2022 and ranks their State Senators and House Representatives based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

This is our first state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators’ overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

Senate

Assembly

1. Vote by Mail

Good Vote: No

S15 Vote by Mail (Passed 119 to 30 on 5/12/2021). Requires the Secretary of State to mail every active voter a postage-paid ballot for each general election.

2. Broadband Expansion

Good Vote: No

H360 Broadband Expansion (Passed 145 to 1 on 3/23/2021). Provides government funding for broadband expansion under the Vermont Community Broadband Authority.

3. Racism Health Emergency

Good Vote: No

HJR6 Racism Health Emergency (Passed 135 to 8 on 5/20/2021). Declares racism as a public health emergency.

4. Clean Heat Standard

Good Vote: No

H715 Clean Heat Standard (Failed Veto Override 99-51 on 5/10/2022). Establishes the Clean Heat Standard to reduce Vermont’s greenhouse gas emissions from the thermal (heating) sector.

5. Affordable Housing

Good Vote: No

S226 Affordable Housing (Passed 103 to 42 on 5/6/2022). Introduces new programs with the goal of increasing access to housing, primarily by increasing the housing stock and making existing homes more affordable to homebuyers.

6. Trans Youth

Good Vote: No

SJR53 Trans Youth (Passed 134 to 5 on 5/12/2022). Supports transgender youth and their parents who seek essential medical care for the treatment of gender dysphoria.

Legislator Scores

[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote

Name	Party	District	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6
Sally Achey	R	HD-RUT	67%	+	-	+	+	+	-
Janet Ancel	D	HD-WAS6	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peter Anthony	D	HD-WAS3	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Arrison	D	HD-WIN2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	.
Sarita Austin	D	HD-CHI9-2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Bartholomew	D	HD-WIN1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lynn Batchelor	R	HD-ORL1	NA	+	-	.	.	.	.
Scott Beck	R	HD-CAL3	33%	-	-	-	+	+	-
Matt Birong	D	HD-ADD3	0%	-	-	-	-	-	.
Alyssa Black	D	HD-CHI8-3	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tiffany Bluemle	D	HD-CHI6-5	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thomas Bock	D	HD-WIN3-1	17%	-	-	-	+	-	-
Seth Bongartz	D	HD-BEN4	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michelle Bos-Lun	D	HD-WIN4	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Erin Brady	D	HD-CHI2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patrick Brennan	R	HD-CHI9-2	40%	+	-	.	+	-	-
Timothy Briglin	D	HD-WIN2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jana Brown	D	HD-CHI1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nelson Brownell	D	HD-BEN1	17%	-	-	-	+	-	-
Jessica Brumsted	D	HD-CHI5-2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thomas Burditt	R	HD-RUT2	40%	+	-	-	+	.	-
Mollie Burke	D	HD-WIN2-2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elizabeth Burrows	D	HD-WIN1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Campbell	D	HD-CAL3	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
William Canfield	R	HD-RUT3	50%	+	-	-	+	+	-
Seth Chase	D	HD-CHI9-1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Christie	D	HD-WIN4-2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Cina	P	HD-CHI6-4	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sara Coffey	D	HD-WIN1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Selene Colburn	D	HD-CHI6-4	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Harold Colston	D	HD-CHI6-7	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peter Conlon	D	HD-ADD2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sarah Copeland-Hanzas	D	HD-ORA2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Timothy Corcoran	D	HD-BEN2-1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mari Cordes	P	HD-ADD4	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lawrence Cupoli	R	HD-RUT5-2	50%	+	-	-	+	+	-
Eileen Dickinson	R	HD-FRA3-2	40%	-	-	-	+	+	.
Karen Dolan	D	HD-CHI8-2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kari Dolan	D	HD-WAS7	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anne Donahue	R	HD-WAS1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Katherine Donnally	D	HD-LAM2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Durfee	D	HD-BEN3	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caleb Elder	D	HD-ADD4	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alice Emmons	D	HD-WIN3-2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peter Fagan	R	HD-RUT5-1	33%	+	-	-	+	-	-
Martha Feltus	R	HD-CAL4	33%	+	-	-	+	-	-
John Gannon	D	HD-WIN6	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rey Garofano	P	HD-CHI8-1	0%	.	.	.	-	-	-
Leslie Goldman	D	HD-WIN3	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenneth Goslant	R	HD-WAS1	50%	+	-	-	+	+	-
Maxine Grad	D	HD-WAS7	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rodney Graham	R	HD-ORA1	50%	+	-	-	+	+	-
James Gregoire	R	HD-FRA6	33%	-	-	-	+	+	-
Lisa Hango	R	HD-FRA5	60%	+	-	-	+	+	.
James Harrison	R	HD-RUT1	33%	-	-	-	+	+	-
Robert Helm	R	HD-RUT3	75%	+	.	.	+	+	-
Mark Higley	R	HD-ORL	50%	-	-	+	+	+	-
Philip Hooper	D	HD-ORA	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mary Hooper	D	HD-WAS4	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Hooper	D	HD-CHI6-1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lori Houghton	D	HD-CHI8-2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mary Howard	D	HD-RUT5-3	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kathleen James	D	HD-BEN4	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephanie Jerome	D	HD-RUT6	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kimberly Jessup	D	HD-WAS5	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Kascenska	R	HD-CAL-4	33%	.	.	.	+	-	-
John Killacky	D	HD-CHI7-3	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Kimbell	D	HD-WIN5	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Warren Kitzmiller	D	HD-WAS4	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Emilie Kornheiser	P	HD-WIN2-1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jill Krowinski	D	HD-CHI6-3	NA	.	.	.	-	.	.
Larry Labor	R	HD-ORL1	67%	.	.	.	+	+	-
Robert Laclair	R	HD-WAS2	67%	-	-	+	+	+	+
Martin LaLonde	D	HD-CHI7-1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Diane Lanpher	D	HD-ADD3	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Laroche	R	HD-FRA5	67%	.	.	.	+	+	-
Samantha Lefebvre	R	HD-ORA1	33%	-	-	-	+	+	-
Paul Lefebvre	R	HD-ESS	17%	-	-	-	+	-	-
Felisha Leffler	R	HD-FRA7	33%	-	-	-	+	+	-
William Lippert	D	HD-CHI4-2	0%	-	-	-	-	.	-
Emily Long	D	HD-WIN5	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Marcotte	R	HD-ORL2	33%	-	-	-	+	+	-
Marcia Martel	R	HD-CAL1	60%	+	-	.	+	+	-
Paul Martin	R	HD-FRA5	33%	+	-	-	.	.	.
James Masland	D	HD-WIN2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	.
Christopher Mattos	R	HD-CHI10	33%	-	-	-	+	+	-
Mike McCarthy	D	HD-FRA3-1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Curtis McCormack	D	HD-CHI6-3	0%	-	-	.	-	-	-
Patricia McCoy	R	HD-RUT1	50%	+	-	-	+	+	-
James McCullough	D	HD-CHI2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Francis McFaun	R	HD-WAS2	17%	-	-	-	+	-	-
Michael Morgan	R	HD-GRA1-1	50%	+	-	-	+	+	-
Leland Morgan	R	HD-GRA1-1	50%	+	-	-	+	+	-
Kristi Morris	D	HD-WIN3-2	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Mary Morrissey	R	HD-BEN2-2	60%	+	-	.	+	+	-
Michael Mrowicki	D	HD-WIN4	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Emma Mulvaney-Stanak	P	HD-CHI6-2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Barbara Murphy	I	HD-FRA2	17%	-	-	-	+	-	-
Logan Nicoll	D	HD-RUT2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Nigro	D	HD-BEN2-2	0%	-	-	-	-	.	-
Terry Norris	I	HD-ADD	60%	+	-	-	+	+	.
William Notte	D	HD-RUT5-4	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Daniel Noyes	D	HD-LAM2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
John O'Brien	D	HD-WIN1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Carol Ode	D	HD-CHI6-1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woodman Page	R	HD-ORL2	67%	+	-	-	+	+	+
Kelly Pajala	I	HD-WIN	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Palasik	R	HD-CHI10	33%	-	-	-	+	+	-
Joseph Parsons	R	HD-ORA	80%	+	-	+	+	+	.
Carolyn Partridge	D	HD-WIN3	0%	-	-	-	-	.	-
Avram Patt	D	HD-LAM	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Henry Pearl	D	HD-CAL	20%	-	-	-	-	+	.
Arthur Peterson	R	HD-RUT2	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Ann Pugh	D	HD-CHI7-2	0%	-	.	-	-	-	-
Barbara Rachelson	D	HD-CHI6-6	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marybeth Redmond	D	HD-CHI8-1	0%	-	-	-	.	.	.
Lucy Rogers	D	HD-LAM3	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Carl Rosenquist	R	HD-FRA1	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Lawrence Satcowitz	D	HD-ORA	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Savage	R	HD-FRA4	0%	-	-	-	.	.	.
Robin Scheu	D	HD-ADD1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Heidi Scheuermann	R	HD-LAM1	33%	-	-	-	+	+	-
Patrick Seymour	R	HD-CAL4	NA	+	.	-	.	.	.
Charles Shaw	R	HD-RUT6	33%	-	-	-	+	+	-
Amy Sheldon	D	HD-ADD1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Laura Sibilia	I	HD-WIN	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Katherine Sims	D	HD-ORL	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taylor Small	P	HD-CHI6-7	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Harvey Smith	R	HD-ADD5	50%	+	-	-	+	+	-
Brian Smith	R	HD-ORL1	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Trevor Squirrell	D	HD-CHI3	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gabrielle Stebbins	D	HD-CHI6-5	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thomas Stevens	D	HD-WAS	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vicki Strong	R	HD-ORL	50%	+	-	-	+	+	-
Linda Sullivan	D	HD-BEN1	20%	-	-	-	+	-	.
Heather Surprenant	P	HD-WIN4-1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	.
Curt Taylor	D	HD-CHI9-1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thomas Terenzini	R	HD-RUT4	67%	+	-	+	+	+	-
George Till	D	HD-CHI3	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Toleno	D	HD-WIN2-3	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Casey Toof	R	HD-FRA3-1	33%	-	-	-	+	+	-
Maida Townsend	D	HD-CHI7-4	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joseph Troiano	D	HD-CAL2	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Walker	R	HD-FRA4	67%	.	.	.	+	+	-
Tommy Walz	D	HD-WAS3	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kathryn Webb	D	HD-CHI5-1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kirk White	D	HD-WIN	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dane Whitman	D	HD-BEN2-1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terri Williams	R	HD-ESS	50%	+	-	-	+	+	-
Theresa Wood	D	HD-WAS	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Yacovone	D	HD-LAM	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Yantachka	D	HD-CHI4-1	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party	Score
Republican	46.9%
Democrat	1.2%
Progressive	0%
Independent	19.3%

Freedom Index

A Legislative Scorecard Based on the Principles of the U.S. Constitution