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Anne Watson's Vermont Senate voting record

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Anne Watson (Democratic, Progressive) is a member of the Vermont Senate for the Washington District. This page covers the 108 floor roll calls held while Anne Watson was in office, from Jan. 31, 2025 to May 28, 2026. Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore on 92% of contested votes. Votes with own party on 100% of party-line votes. 21st percentile in the Vermont Senate from liberal to conservative. Didn't vote on 0% of roll calls. Anne Watson sponsored 21 statewide bills this term; 4 passed. Below are the contested votes where Anne Watson split from the Senate President Pro Tempore or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills Anne Watson sponsored and contact details.

Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore 92% On 53 contested votes where both voted · 95% on all votes Votes with own party 100% Partisan rank: 1 of 30 in the Senate (tied with 7 others) Didn't vote at roll call 0% 0 of 108 roll calls
Bills passed 4 21 sponsored · 3 became law · Rank 6 of 30 in the Senate Bills that became law 3 of 4 passed · 1 vetoed

Where they sit

Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Anne Watson's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

Vermont Senate21st percentile
More liberal than 79% of the Vermont Senate.
Most liberalMost conservative
7th most liberal of 30

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Vermont Senate, Washington District.

Also on the ballot: Ann Cummings (Democratic), Andrew Perchlik (Democratic, Progressive), Christopher A. Neddo (Republican), Peter Schmeeckle (Republican), Rob Laclair (Republican)

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The scores

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Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore
92%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Anne Watson.

On 53 contested votes where both voted95% on all 105 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
100%
Democrats Republicans 75%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Anne Watson.

On 37 party-line votesPartisan rank: 1 of 30 in the Senate (tied with 7 others)No one in the Senate votes with their party more often

Bills

The bills Anne Watson sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills
Sponsored21
Passed both chambers4
Became law3
Vetoed by the Governor1

Rank by bills passed: Rank 6 of 30 in the Senate · 6 of 16 Democrats

A bill's sponsor is the member the Journal names first when the bill is introduced; co-sponsors aren't counted, and a committee's bill counts for no one.

Bills that passed both chambers

BillResultFinal action
S.212 (2026 Session)
Potable water supply and wastewater system connections.		 Became law May 26, 2026
S.202 (2026 Session)
Portable solar energy generation devices.		 Became law May 26, 2026
S.218 (2026 Session)
Reducing chloride contamination of State waters.		 Vetoed April 17, 2026
S.50 (2025 Session)
Increasing the size of solar net metering projects that qualify for expedited registration.		 Became law May 14, 2025

Budget projects

These pages don't credit budget items to Vermont legislators.

Contested votes where they split

4 against the Senate President Pro Tempore; 3 against most of their party.

DateBill and motion Their voteSenate President Pro TemporeMost of their party
Feb. 3, 2026 Appointments: Christina E. Nolan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Confirmation		 Nay Yea Yea
June 16, 2025 H.454: Transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems
Adoption of the Conference Report		 Nay Yea Nay
March 18, 2025 S.45: Protection from nuisance suits for agricultural activities
Third Reading		 Nay Yea Yea
March 13, 2025 Appointments: Zoie Saunders, Secretary, Agency of Education
Confirmation		 Nay Yea Yea

Recent key votes

Anne Watson's most recent key votes: contested or party-line votes that gave the chamber's last word on a whole bill (passage, budgets included, the other chamber's changes or a conference report) or overrode a veto, with what each bill does where a checked explanation exists. The full record is below.

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  1. May 28, 2026
    Senate
    S.190: Reference-based pricing and the Green Mountain Care Board
    Voted yea Concurrence · Yeas 17, nays 13

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

  2. May 27, 2026
    Senate
    H.740: The greenhouse gas inventory and registry
    Voted yea Adoption of the Conference Report · Yeas 17, nays 13

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

  3. May 27, 2026
    Senate
    S.325: Regional planning and Act 250 Tier jurisdiction
    Voted yea Adoption of the Conference Report · Yeas 27, nays 3

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

  4. May 27, 2026
    Senate
    H.772: Residential rental agreements, eviction procedures, and the creation of the positive rental payment credit reporting pilot program
    Voted yea Third Reading · Yeas 15, nays 15

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

  5. May 19, 2026
    Senate
    H.740: The greenhouse gas inventory and registry
    Voted yea Passage in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment · Yeas 17, nays 13

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

Every roll call

How Anne Watson voted on each of the 108 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partySenate President Pro TemporeYeas–nays
May 28, 2026S.190: Reference-based pricing and the Green Mountain Care Board
Concurrence		YeaYeaYea17–13
May 27, 2026H.740: The greenhouse gas inventory and registry
Adoption of the Conference Report		YeaYeaYea17–13
May 27, 2026S.325: Regional planning and Act 250 Tier jurisdiction
Adoption of the Conference Report		YeaYeaYea27–3
May 27, 2026H.772: Residential rental agreements, eviction procedures, and the creation of the positive rental payment credit reporting pilot program
Third Reading		YeaYeaYea15–15
May 19, 2026H.740: The greenhouse gas inventory and registry
Passage in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment		YeaYeaYea17–13
May 15, 2026H.740: The greenhouse gas inventory and registry
Third Reading		YeaYeaYea17–12
May 8, 2026S.329: Criminal procedures involving firearms
Passage in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment		YeaYeaYea17–13
May 7, 2026S.329: Criminal procedures involving firearms
Third Reading		YeaYeaYea17–13
April 14, 2026H.849: A civil action for damages for deprivation of federal constitutional rights by any government official
Third Reading		YeaYeaYea23–7
March 31, 2026S.190: Reference-based pricing and the Green Mountain Care Board
Passage		YeaYeaYea23–6
March 25, 2026S.325: Regional planning and Act 250 Tier jurisdiction
Third Reading		YeaYeaYea18–12
March 19, 2026S.206: Licensure of early childhood educators by the Office of Professional Regulation
Passage		YeaYeaYea22–6
Feb. 6, 2026S.R.21: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Operation Metro Surge
Third Reading		YeaYeaYea24–5
June 16, 2025H.454: Transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems
Adoption of the Conference Report		NayNayYea17–12
May 1, 2025H.493: Making appropriations for the support of the government
Passage in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment		YeaYeaYea20–10
April 29, 2025S.R.13: Strongly objecting to the manner and circumstances under which U.S. immigration authorities arrested and detained Mohsen Mahdawi and strongly advocating that…
Third Reading		YeaYeaYea24–5
April 3, 2025H.489: Fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments
Passage in Concurrence		YeaYeaYea17–13
March 18, 2025S.45: Protection from nuisance suits for agricultural activities
Third Reading		NayYeaYea25–5

Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page
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Committees

No committee assignments are listed in the public data.

Source: the Vermont General Assembly's Journals and roll-call books, Jan. 31, 2025 to May 29, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections