VT JRS 15

died on adjournment

Joint resolution supporting Vermont’s transgender and non-binary community and declaring Vermont’s commitment to fighting discrimination and treating all citizens with respect and dignity

Vermont · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did VT JRS 15 pass?

No. VT JRS 15 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-06): As adopted by Senate and House

What is VT JRS 15 about?

VT JRS 15 is a joint resolution in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Joint resolution supporting Vermont’s transgender and non-binary community and declaring Vermont’s commitment to fighting discrimination and treating all citizens with respect and dignity”.

Who sponsors VT JRS 15?

Terry Williams, Rebecca White, Anne Watson and 20 others are the primary sponsors of VT JRS 15.

Introduced: 2025-02-26
Latest action: 2025-05-06 — As adopted by Senate and House
Bill type: joint resolution
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-05-06
As adopted by Senate and House
2025-05-06
House message: House adopted in concurrence
2025-05-02
Adopted in concurrence
passage
2025-05-02
Read third time
reading-3
2025-05-02
Action Calendar: Third Reading
reading-3
2025-05-01
Third Reading ordered
reading-3
2025-05-01
Rep. Dolan of Essex Junction reported for the Committee on Judiciary
2025-05-01
Read second time
reading-2
2025-05-01
Action Calendar: Favorable
2025-04-30
Notice Calendar: Favorable
2025-03-20
Read first time, treated as a bill, and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
introduction
2025-03-18
Read 3rd time & adopted
reading-3
2025-03-18
New Business/Third Reading
reading-3
2025-03-14
3rd reading ordered
2025-03-14
Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Hardy, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
2025-03-14
Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Hardy
2025-03-14
Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Hashim for Committee on Judiciary
committee-passage-favorable,reading-2
2025-03-14
Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
committee-passage
2025-03-14
New Business/Joint Resolution for Adoption
2025-03-13
Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
committee-passage
2025-03-13
Second Reading
reading-2
2025-03-13
Entered on Notice Calendar
2025-02-26
Read 1st time & treated as bill; referred to Committee on Judiciary per Rule 51
introduction

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Votes

Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Hardy, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
2025-03-14 · pass · 30-0
Member-level votes (30)
- Baruth: yes
- Beck: yes
- Bongartz: yes
- Brennan: yes
- Brock: yes
- Chittenden: yes
- Clarkson: yes
- Collamore: yes
- Cummings: yes
- Douglass: yes
- Gulick: yes
- Hardy: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hart: yes
- Hashim: yes
- Heffernan: yes
- Ingalls: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Major: yes
- Mattos: yes
- Norris: yes
- Perchlik: yes
- Plunkett: yes
- Ram Hinsdale: yes
- Vyhovsky: yes
- Watson: yes
- Weeks: yes
- Westman: yes
- White: yes
- Williams: yes

Related bills

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Official source

http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillRollCalls/2026/850

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