Vermont House · Chittenden-14 District

Barbara Rachelson's Vermont House voting record

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Barbara Rachelson (Democratic) is a member of the Vermont House for the Chittenden-14 District. This page covers the 76 floor roll calls held while Barbara Rachelson was in office, from Feb. 6, 2025 to May 29, 2026. Votes with the House Majority Leader on 88% of contested votes. Votes with own party on 100% of party-line votes. 3rd percentile in the Vermont House from liberal to conservative. Didn't vote on 13% of roll calls. Barbara Rachelson sponsored 26 statewide bills this term; 1 passed. Below are the contested votes where Barbara Rachelson split from the House Majority Leader or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills Barbara Rachelson sponsored and contact details.

Votes with the House Majority Leader 88% On 51 contested votes where both voted · 91% on all votes Votes with own party 100% Partisan rank: 1 of 145 in the House (tied with 35 others) Didn't vote at roll call 13% 10 of 76 roll calls · 10 of them excused
Bills passed 1 26 sponsored · 1 became law · Rank 20 of 150 in the House (tied with 28 others) Bills that became law 1 of 1 passed · 0 vetoed

Where they sit

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

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Barbara Rachelson'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 House3rd percentile
More liberal than 97% of the Vermont House.
Most liberalMost conservative
5th most liberal of 146

The scores

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Votes with the House Majority Leader
88%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Barbara Rachelson.

On 51 contested votes where both voted91% on all 64 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
100%
Democrats Republicans 45%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Barbara Rachelson.

On 41 party-line votesPartisan rank: 1 of 145 in the House (tied with 35 others)No one in the House votes with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills
Sponsored26
Passed both chambers1
Became law1
Vetoed by the Governor0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 20 of 150 in the House (tied with 28 others) · 14 of 87 Democrats (tied with 23 others)

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
H.98 (2025 Session)
Confirmatory adoptions		 Became law May 13, 2025

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

6 against the House Majority Leader; 6 against most of their party.

DateBill and motion Their voteHouse Majority LeaderMost of their party
May 29, 2026 J.R.S.56: Final adjournment of the General Assembly in 2026
Adoption in Concurrence		 Nay Yea Yea
May 28, 2026 S.64: Amendments to the scope of practice for optometrists
Third Reading		 Nay Nay Yea
May 19, 2026 S.208: Standards for law enforcement identification
Amendment		 Yea Nay Yea
April 16, 2026 H.955: Next steps in transforming Vermont’s education system
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
March 27, 2026 H.772: Residential rental agreements, eviction procedures, and the creation of the positive rental payment credit reporting pilot program
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
March 25, 2026 H.772: Residential rental agreements, eviction procedures, and the creation of the positive rental payment credit reporting pilot program
Amendment		 Nay Yea Yea
June 16, 2025 H.454: Transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems
Motion to Transmit		 Nay Yea Yea

Recent key votes

Barbara Rachelson'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 29, 2026
    House
    H.949: Homestead property tax yields, the nonhomestead property tax rate, and technical changes to education finance
    Voted yea Adoption of the Conference Report · Yeas 111, nays 23

    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 29, 2026
    House
    H.727: Sustainable data center deployment
    Voted yea Veto Override · Yeas 83, nays 52

    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 28, 2026
    House
    S.64: Amendments to the scope of practice for optometrists
    Voted nayAgainst most of their party Third Reading · Yeas 93, nays 38

    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 26, 2026
    House
    H.527: Extending the sunset of 30 V.S.A. § 248a
    Excused Concurrence · Yeas 122, nays 14

    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 21, 2026
    House
    S.230: Fair employment practices
    Excused Concurrence · Yeas 85, nays 48

    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 Barbara Rachelson voted on each of the 76 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partyHouse Majority LeaderYeas–nays
May 29, 2026H.949: Homestead property tax yields, the nonhomestead property tax rate, and technical changes to education finance
Adoption of the Conference Report		YeaYeaYea111–23
May 29, 2026H.727: Sustainable data center deployment
Veto Override		YeaYeaYea83–52
May 28, 2026S.64: Amendments to the scope of practice for optometrists
Third Reading		NayYeaNay93–38
May 26, 2026H.527: Extending the sunset of 30 V.S.A. § 248a
Concurrence		ExcusedYeaYea122–14
May 21, 2026S.230: Fair employment practices
Concurrence		ExcusedYeaYea85–48
April 16, 2026H.955: Next steps in transforming Vermont’s education system
Third Reading		YeaYeaYea79–62
April 15, 2026S.218: Reducing chloride contamination of State waters
Passage in Concurrence		YeaYea—85–54
March 27, 2026H.951: Making appropriations for the support of the government
Passage		YeaYeaYea97–40
March 25, 2026H.949: Homestead property tax yields, the nonhomestead property tax rate, and technical changes to education finance
Third Reading		YeaYeaYea78–61
Feb. 18, 2026H.710: Defining electricity generating facilities
Third Reading		YeaYeaYea108–30
May 29, 2025H.91: The Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program
Adoption of the Conference Report		YeaYeaYea92–42
May 21, 2025S.126: Health care payment and delivery system reform
Passage in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment		YeaYeaYea99–38
May 1, 2025Prop. 3: Declaration of Rights; right to collectively bargain
Adoption of a Constitutional Proposal		YeaYeaYea125–15
April 17, 2025S.28: Access to certain legally protected health care services
Third Reading		YeaYeaYea97–43
April 11, 2025H.454: Transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems
Passage		YeaYeaYea87–55
March 28, 2025H.218: Fiscal year 2026 appropriations from the Opioid Abatement Special Fund
Passage		YeaYeaYea119–24
March 27, 2025H.493: Making appropriations for the support of the government
Third Reading		YeaYeaYea104–38
March 21, 2025H.489: Fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments
Third Reading		YeaYeaYea91–55
Feb. 6, 2025H.141: Fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments
Third Reading		YeaYeaYea87–51

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

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page
legislature.vermont.gov

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