Vermont 2026 Biennium Status: Passed Senate 6 D cosponsors

S.44 — An act relating to authorization to enter into certain immigration agreements

Last action — Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 21, 2025

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 04, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Signed by Governor Phil Scott (Republican) on May 23, 2025.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Advancing 58% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

How often bills like it became law.

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (6 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

An act relating to authorization to enter into certain immigration agreements

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 21, 2025

  2. Signed by Governor on May 21, 2025

  3. Delivered to Governor on May 15, 2025

  4. As passed by Senate and House

  5. House message: House passed bill in concurrence

  6. Read third time and passed in concurrence

  7. Action Calendar: Third Reading

  8. Third Reading ordered

  9. Rep. Arsenault of Williston reported for the Committee on Judiciary

  10. Read second time

  11. Action Calendar: Favorable

  12. Notice Calendar: Favorable

  13. Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

  14. Title amended as recommended by Committee on Judiciary

  15. Read 3rd time & passed

  16. New Business/Third Reading

  17. 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 1

  18. Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Hashim

  19. Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to

  20. Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Baruth for Committee on Judiciary

  21. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary

  22. New Business/Second Reading

  23. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary

  24. Second Reading

  25. Entered on Notice Calendar

  26. Committee on Government Operations relieved; bill committed to Committee on Judiciary on motion of Senator Collamore

  27. Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 184 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (184)

184 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

3rd reading ordered

Passed 29 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 2000
Republican 12100
Democrat/Progressive 3000
Democrat 11000
Progressive/Democrat 1000
Total 29100
% of votes cast 97%3%0%0%
How each member voted (30)
Member Party Vote
Harrison of Windham District — Yea
White of Windsor District — Yea
Alison Clarkson Democrat Yea
Ann E Cummings Democrat Yea
Joseph "Joe" D Major Democrat Yea
Kesha K Ram Hinsdale Democrat Yea
Martine Larocque L Gulick Democrat Yea
Nader A Hashim Democrat Yea
Robert Plunkett Democrat Yea
Ruth E Hardy Democrat Yea
Seth Bongartz Democrat Yea
Thomas I Chittenden Democrat Yea
Virginia "Ginny" V Lyons Democrat Yea
Andrew J Perchlik Democrat/Progressive Yea
Anne E Watson Democrat/Progressive Yea
Philip E Baruth Democrat/Progressive Yea
Tanya C Vyhovsky Progressive/Democrat Yea
Brian P Collamore Republican Yea
Christopher P Mattos Republican Yea
David H Weeks Republican Yea
Larry Hart Republican Yea
Patrick "Pat" M Brennan Republican Yea
Randy D Brock Republican Yea
Richard A Westman Republican Yea
Robert W Norris Republican Nay
Russ H Ingalls Republican Yea
Samuel A Douglass Republican Yea
Scott L Beck Republican Yea
Steven Heffernan Republican Yea
Terry K Williams Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

immigration
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Frequently asked questions

What does S.44 do?
An act relating to authorization to enter into certain immigration agreements
Who sponsors S.44?
S.44 is sponsored by Rebecca "Becca" E White (Democrat), Alison Clarkson (Democrat), Martine Larocque L Gulick (Democrat), Wendy K Harrison (Democrat), Nader A Hashim (Democrat), and Joseph "Joe" D Major (Democrat).
What is the current status of S.44?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 04, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
Where can I track S.44?
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