Vermont 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 5 D · 1 I cosponsors

S 32 — An act relating to ranked-choice voting for presidential primary elections

Last action — Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs

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

This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs

  2. Read 3rd time & passed

  3. New Business/Third Reading

  4. 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Vyhovsky, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 23, Nays = 7

  5. Recommendation of amendment, as amended agreed to

  6. Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations

  7. Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment

  8. Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Government Operations

  9. Unfinished Business/Second Reading

  10. Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations

  11. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations

  12. New Business/Second Reading

  13. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations

  14. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations

  15. Second Reading

  16. Entered on Notice Calendar

  17. Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31

  18. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations

  19. Entered on Notice Calendar

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 184 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (4)

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 on roll call, requested by Senator Vyhovsky, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 23, Nays = 7

Passed 23 Yea · 7 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat/Progressive 3000
Unaffiliated 11100
Democrat 7000
Republican 1600
Progressive/Democrat 1000
Total 23700
% of votes cast 77%23%0%0%
How each member voted (30)
Member Party Vote
Bray — Yea
Campion — Yea
Harrison — Yea
Kitchel — Yea
MacDonald — Yea
Mazza — Yea
McCormack — Yea
Sears — Yea
White — Yea
Wrenner — Yea
Starr — Nay
Ram Hinsdale — Yea
Alison Clarkson Democrat Yea
Ann E Cummings Democrat Yea
Martine Larocque L Gulick Democrat Yea
Nader A Hashim Democrat Yea
Ruth E Hardy 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 Nay
David H Weeks Republican Nay
Randy D Brock Republican Nay
Richard A Westman Republican Nay
Robert W Norris Republican Yea
Russ H Ingalls Republican Nay
Terry K Williams Republican Nay

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Subjects

elections
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors S 32?
S 32 is sponsored by Ruth E Hardy (Democrat), Andrew J Perchlik (Democrat/Progressive), Tanya C Vyhovsky (Progressive/Democrat), Anne E Watson (Democrat/Progressive), Rebecca "Becca" E White (Democrat), and Kesha K Ram Hinsdale (Democrat).
What is the current status of S 32?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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