Vermont House Approves Global Warming "Solutions" Act

The Vermont House of Representatives approved the Global Warming “Solutions” Act by a vote of 102 to 45 (two House members were absent).

Energize Vermont opposed this bill because it is bad climate policy, bad environmental policy, and fiscally irresponsible.

Governor Scott has three options: he could sign the bill into law, he could let the bill become law without his signature, or he could veto the bill.

If Governor Scott were to veto the bill, the Legislature could schedule a “veto session” and vote to uphold or override the veto. It appears that the bill has enough support so that a veto would be overridden and the bill would become law.

We have pasted the details of the roll call vote below so that you can see how your representative(s) voted. If you don’t know who your representatives are, you can find out here: https://legislature.vermont.gov/people/search/2020.

If you want to contact your representatives to discuss their votes, you can click on their names to bring up a webpage with their contact information.

If you would like to discuss this issue with the candidates who are running to represent you, you can download a spreadsheet with all of the candidates for legislative office by clicking here.

If you decide to contact your representatives or candidates, be courteous and respectful—it goes a long way.

MEMBER                               VOTE
Ancel of Calais                Yea
Anthony of Barre City                  Yea
Austin of Colchester                     Yea
Bancroft of Westford                   Nay*
Bartholomew of Hartland                         Yea
Batchelor of Derby                       Nay
Bates of Bennington                     Nay
Beck of St. Johnsbury                   Nay
Birong of Vergennes                     Yea
Bock of Chester               Yea
Brennan of Colchester                 Nay
Briglin of Thetford                        Yea
Brownell of Pownal                      Yea
Browning of Arlington                 Yea
Brumsted of Shelburne                Yea
Burditt of West Rutland               Nay
Burke of Brattleboro                    Yea
Campbell of St. Johnsbury                         Yea
Canfield of Fair Haven                  Nay
Carroll of Bennington                   Yea
Chase of Colchester                      Yea
Chesnut-Tangerman of Middletown Springs                      Yea*
Christensen of Weathersfield                   Yea
Christie of Hartford                      Yea
Cina of Burlington                        Yea
Coffey of Guilford                         Yea
Colburn of Burlington                  Yea
Colston of Winooski                     Yea
Conlon of Cornwall                      Yea
Conquest of Newbury                  Yea
Copeland Hanzas of Bradford                   Yea
Corcoran of Bennington              Yea
Cordes of Lincoln                          Yea
Cupoli of Rutland City                  Nay
Demrow of Corinth                      Yea
Dickinson of St. Albans Town                    Nay
Dolan of Waitsfield                      Yea
Donahue of Northfield                 Nay*
Donovan of Burlington                Yea
Durfee of Shaftsbury                    Yea
Elder of Starksboro                       Yea
Emmons of Springfield                 Yea
Fagan of Rutland City                   Nay
Fegard of Berkshire                      Yea
Feltus of Lyndon                           Nay
Gamache of Swanton                   Nay
Gannon of Wilmington                Yea
Gardner of Richmond                   Yea
Giambatista of Essex                    Yea
Gonzalez of Winooski                  Yea
Goslant of Northfield                   Nay
Grad of Moretown                       Yea
Graham of Williamstown                          Nay
Gregoire of Fairfield                     Nay*
Haas of Rochester                         Yea
Hango of Berkshire                       Nay
Harrison of Chittenden                Nay
Hashim of Dummerston               Yea
Helm of Fair Haven                       Absent
Higley of Lowell              Nay
Hill of Wolcott                 Yea
Hooper of Burlington                   Yea
Hooper of Montpelier                  Yea
Hooper of Randolph                     Yea
Houghton of Essex                       Yea
Howard of Rutland City               Yea
James of Manchester                   Yea
Jerome of Brandon                       Yea
Jessup of Middlesex                     Yea
Johnson of South Hero                Not Voting
Killacky of South Burlington                      Yea
Kimbell of Woodstock                  Yea
Kitzmiller of Montpelier               Yea
Kornheiser of Brattleboro                         Yea
Krowinski of Burlington               Yea*
LaClair of Barre Town                   Nay
LaLonde of South Burlington                    Yea
Lanpher of Vergennes                  Yea
Lefebvre of Newark                      Absent
Leffler of Enosburgh                     Nay*
Lippert of Hinesburg                    Yea
Long of Newfane                          Yea
Macaig of Williston                      Yea
Marcotte of Coventry                  Nay
Martel of Waterford                    Nay
Masland of Thetford                    Yea
Mattos of Milton                          Nay
McCarthy of St. Albans City                      Yea
McCormack of Burlington                         Yea
McCoy of Poultney                       Nay*
McCullough of Williston              Yea
McFaun of Barre Town                Nay
Morgan of Milton                         Nay
Morris of Springfield                    Yea
Morrissey of Bennington                           Nay
Mrowicki of Putney                      Yea*
Murphy of Fairfax                        Yea
Myers of Essex                Nay
Nicoll of Ludlow              Yea
Norris of Shoreham                      Nay
Notte of Rutland City                   Nay
Noyes of Wolcott                         Yea
O'Brien of Tunbridge                    Yea
O'Sullivan of Burlington               Yea
Ode of Burlington                         Yea*
Page of Newport City                   Nay
Pajala of Londonderry                  Yea
Palasik of Milton                           Nay
Partridge of Windham                 Yea
Patt of Worcester                         Yea
Potter of Clarendon                     Yea
Pugh of South Burlington                          Yea
Quimby of Concord                      Nay
Rachelson of Burlington              Yea
Ralph Watson of Hartland                         Yea
Redmond of Essex                        Yea
Reed of Braintree                         Yea
Rogers of Waterville                    Yea
Rosenquist of Georgia                 Nay
Savage of Swanton                       Nay
Scheu of Middlebury                    Yea
Scheuermann of Stowe               Nay
Seymour of Sutton                       Nay
Shaw of Pittsford                          Nay
Sheldon of Middlebury                Yea
Sibilia of Dover                Yea*
Smith of Derby                Nay
Smith of New Haven                    Nay
Squirrell of Underhill                    Yea
Stevens of Waterbury                  Yea
Strong of Albany                           Nay
Sullivan of Burlington                   Yea*
Sullivan of Dorset                         Yea
Szott of Barnard                           Yea
Taylor of Colchester                     Yea
Terenzini of Rutland Town                        Nay
Till of Jericho                   Yea*
Toleno of Brattleboro                  Yea
Toll of Danville                Yea
Toof of St. Albans Town               Nay
Townsend of South Burlington                 Yea
Troiano of Stannard                     Yea
Tully of Rockingham                     Nay
Walz of Barre City                        Yea
Webb of Shelburne                      Yea
White of Hartford                         Yea
Wood of Waterbury                     Yea
Yacovone of Morristown                           Yea*
Yantachka of Charlotte                Yea*
Young of Greensboro                   Yea


Mark Whitworth