Vermont House · Windsor-Orange-1 District

John O'Brien's Vermont House voting record

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John O'Brien (Democratic) is a member of the Vermont House for the Windsor-Orange-1 District. This page covers the 76 floor roll calls held while John O'Brien was in office, from Feb. 6, 2025 to May 29, 2026. Votes with the House Majority Leader on 70% of contested votes. Votes with own party on 76% of party-line votes. 59th percentile in the Vermont House from liberal to conservative. Didn't vote on 22% of roll calls. John O'Brien sponsored 7 statewide bills this term; 0 passed. Below are the contested votes where John O'Brien split from the House Majority Leader or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills John O'Brien sponsored and contact details.

Votes with the House Majority Leader 70% On 46 contested votes where both voted · 75% on all votes Votes with own party 76% Partisan rank: 135 of 145 in the House (tied with 1 other) Didn't vote at roll call 22% 17 of 76 roll calls · 17 of them excused
Bills passed 0 7 sponsored · 0 became law · Rank 49 of 150 in the House (tied with 101 others) Bills that became law 0 of 0 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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John O'Brien'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 House59th percentile
More conservative than 59% of the Vermont House.
Most liberalMost conservative
60th most conservative of 146

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Vermont House, Windsor-Orange-1 District.

Also on the ballot: Bruce Post (Republican)

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The scores

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Votes with the House Majority Leader
70%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is John O'Brien.

On 46 contested votes where both voted75% on all 57 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
76%
Democrats Republicans 45%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is John O'Brien.

On 38 party-line votesPartisan rank: 135 of 145 in the House (tied with 1 other)134 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills John O'Brien sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills
Sponsored7
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Vetoed by the Governor0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 49 of 150 in the House (tied with 101 others) · 38 of 87 Democrats (tied with 49 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

None of the bills John O'Brien sponsored passed both chambers.

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

14 against the House Majority Leader; 12 against most of their party.

DateBill and motion Their voteHouse Majority LeaderMost of their party
May 28, 2026 S.64: Amendments to the scope of practice for optometrists
Third Reading		 Yea Nay Yea
May 19, 2026 S.212: Potable water supply and wastewater system connections
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
May 19, 2026 S.208: Standards for law enforcement identification
Amendment		 Yea Nay Yea
May 6, 2026 S.325: Regional planning and Act 250 Tier jurisdiction
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
May 6, 2026 S.325: Regional planning and Act 250 Tier jurisdiction
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
May 6, 2026 S.325: Regional planning and Act 250 Tier jurisdiction
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
April 16, 2026 H.955: Next steps in transforming Vermont’s education system
Third Reading		 Nay Yea Yea
March 25, 2026 H.949: Homestead property tax yields, the nonhomestead property tax rate, and technical changes to education finance
Third Reading		 Nay Yea Yea
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
May 23, 2025 S.127: Housing and housing development
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
April 11, 2025 H.454: Transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems
Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
April 11, 2025 H.454: Transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
March 25, 2025 H.474: Miscellaneous changes to election law
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay

Recent key votes

John O'Brien'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
    Excused 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
    Excused 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 John O'Brien 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		ExcusedYeaYea111–23
May 29, 2026H.727: Sustainable data center deployment
Veto Override		ExcusedYeaYea83–52
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		NayYeaYea79–62
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		NayYeaYea78–61
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		ExcusedYeaYea92–42
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		NayYeaYea87–55
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		ExcusedYeaYea87–51

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

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page
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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