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Esme Cole's Vermont House voting record

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Esme Cole (Democratic) is a member of the Vermont House for the Windsor-6 District. This page covers the 76 floor roll calls held while Esme Cole 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. 10th percentile in the Vermont House from liberal to conservative. Didn't vote on 4% of roll calls. Esme Cole sponsored 7 statewide bills this term; 2 passed. Below are the contested votes where Esme Cole split from the House Majority Leader or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills Esme Cole sponsored and contact details.

Votes with the House Majority Leader 88% On 56 contested votes where both voted · 89% 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 4% 3 of 76 roll calls · 3 of them excused
Bills passed 2 7 sponsored · 2 became law · Rank 13 of 150 in the House (tied with 6 others) Bills that became law 2 of 2 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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Esme Cole'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 House10th percentile
More liberal than 90% of the Vermont House.
Most liberalMost conservative
15th 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 Esme Cole.

On 56 contested votes where both voted89% on all 71 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 Esme Cole.

On 45 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 Esme Cole sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills
Sponsored7
Passed both chambers2
Became law2
Vetoed by the Governor0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 13 of 150 in the House (tied with 6 others) · 10 of 87 Democrats (tied with 3 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.739 (2026 Session)
Prohibiting the use and sale of the herbicide paraquat		 Became law May 13, 2026
H.167 (2025 Session)
Establishing the Vermonters Feeding Vermonters Grant at the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets		 Became law May 16, 2025

Budget projects

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Contested votes where they split

7 against the House Majority Leader; 5 against most of their party.

DateBill and motion Their voteHouse Majority LeaderMost of their party
May 29, 2026 H.949: Homestead property tax yields, the nonhomestead property tax rate, and technical changes to education finance
Adoption of the Conference Report		 Nay Yea Yea
May 28, 2026 S.64: Amendments to the scope of practice for optometrists
Third Reading		 Yea 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

Esme Cole'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 nayAgainst most of their partyAgainst the House Majority Leader 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 yeaAgainst the House Majority Leader 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
    Voted yea 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
    Voted yea 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 Esme Cole 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		NayYeaYea111–23
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		YeaYeaNay93–38
May 26, 2026H.527: Extending the sunset of 30 V.S.A. § 248a
Concurrence		YeaYeaYea122–14
May 21, 2026S.230: Fair employment practices
Concurrence		YeaYeaYea85–48
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		ExcusedYeaYea87–55
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

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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