Vermont Senate · Chittenden-Southeast District

Ginny Lyons's Vermont Senate voting record

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Ginny Lyons (Democratic) is a member of the Vermont Senate for the Chittenden-Southeast District. This page covers the 108 floor roll calls held while Ginny Lyons was in office, from Jan. 31, 2025 to May 28, 2026. Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore on 98% of contested votes. Votes with own party on 97% of party-line votes. 31st percentile in the Vermont Senate from liberal to conservative. Didn't vote on 0.9% of roll calls. Ginny Lyons sponsored 25 statewide bills this term; 9 passed. Below are the contested votes where Ginny Lyons split from the Senate President Pro Tempore or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills Ginny Lyons sponsored and contact details.

Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore 98% On 53 contested votes where both voted · 99% on all votes Votes with own party 97% Partisan rank: 9 of 30 in the Senate (tied with 6 others) Didn't vote at roll call 0.9% 1 of 108 roll calls
Bills passed 9 25 sponsored · 8 became law · Rank 1 of 30 in the Senate Bills that became law 8 of 9 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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Ginny Lyons'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 Senate31st percentile
More liberal than 68% of the Vermont Senate.
Most liberalMost conservative
10th most liberal of 30

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Vermont Senate, Chittenden-Southeast District.

Also on the ballot: Kesha Ram Hinsdale (Democratic), Thomas Chittenden (Democratic), Bruce Roy (Republican), Javen Sears (Republican), Rohan St Marthe (Republican)

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The scores

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Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore
98%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Ginny Lyons.

On 53 contested votes where both voted99% on all 104 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
97%
Democrats Republicans 75%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Ginny Lyons.

On 37 party-line votesPartisan rank: 9 of 30 in the Senate (tied with 6 others)8 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills
Sponsored25
Passed both chambers9
Became law8
Vetoed by the Governor1

Rank by bills passed: Rank 1 of 30 in the Senate · 1 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.193 (2026 Session)
Establishing a forensic facility for certain criminal justice- involved persons.		 Became law May 28, 2026
S.190 (2026 Session)
The Green Mountain Care Board, reference-based pricing, and hospital outsourcing of clinical care.		 Vetoed May 28, 2026
S.197 (2026 Session)
Establishing a primary care payment reform program.		 Became law May 26, 2026
S.198 (2026 Session)
The regulation and taxation of tobacco products and tobacco substitutes.		 Became law May 21, 2026
S.189 (2026 Session)
An approval process for reducing or eliminating hospital services.		 Became law May 19, 2026
S.63 (2025 Session)
Modifying the regulatory duties of the Green Mountain Care Board.		 Became law May 20, 2025
S.36 (2025 Session)
Medicaid coverage of long-term residential treatment for co-occurring substance use disorder and mental health condition.		 Became law May 6, 2025
S.27 (2025 Session)
Medical debt relief and excluding medical debt from credit reports.		 Became law May 6, 2025
S.30 (2025 Session)
Updating and reorganizing the health insurance statutes in 8 V.S.A. chapter 107.		 Became law April 17, 2025

Budget projects

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Contested votes where they split

1 against the Senate President Pro Tempore; 2 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		 Yea Yea Nay

Recent key votes

Ginny Lyons'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 Ginny Lyons 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		YeaNayYea17–12
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		YeaYeaYea25–5

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