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Kesha Ram Hinsdale's Vermont Senate voting record

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Kesha Ram Hinsdale (Democratic) is a member of the Vermont Senate for the Chittenden-Southeast District. This page covers the 108 floor roll calls held while Kesha Ram Hinsdale was in office, from Jan. 31, 2025 to May 28, 2026. Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore on 94% of contested votes. Votes with own party on 95% of party-line votes. 38th percentile in the Vermont Senate from liberal to conservative. Didn't vote on 0.9% of roll calls. Kesha Ram Hinsdale sponsored 13 statewide bills this term; 5 passed. Below are the contested votes where Kesha Ram Hinsdale split from the Senate President Pro Tempore or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills Kesha Ram Hinsdale sponsored and contact details.

Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore 94% On 53 contested votes where both voted · 96% on all votes Votes with own party 95% Partisan rank: 16 of 30 in the Senate (tied with 2 others) Didn't vote at roll call 0.9% 1 of 108 roll calls
Bills passed 5 13 sponsored · 5 became law · Rank 4 of 30 in the Senate (tied with 1 other) Bills that became law 5 of 5 passed · 0 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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Kesha Ram Hinsdale'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 Senate38th percentile
More liberal than 62% of the Vermont Senate.
Most liberalMost conservative
12th most liberal of 30

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Vermont Senate, Chittenden-Southeast District.

Also on the ballot: Thomas Chittenden (Democratic), Ginny Lyons (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
94%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Kesha Ram Hinsdale.

On 53 contested votes where both voted96% on all 104 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
95%
Democrats Republicans 75%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Kesha Ram Hinsdale.

On 37 party-line votesPartisan rank: 16 of 30 in the Senate (tied with 2 others)15 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills Kesha Ram Hinsdale sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills
Sponsored13
Passed both chambers5
Became law5
Vetoed by the Governor0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 4 of 30 in the Senate (tied with 1 other) · 4 of 16 Democrats (tied with 1 other)

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.313 (2026 Session)
Transforming Vermont’s career technical education system.		 Became law May 29, 2026
S.278 (2026 Session)
Cannabis.		 Became law May 28, 2026
S.298 (2026 Session)
Creating the Vermont Voting Rights Act.		 Became law May 22, 2026
S.214 (2026 Session)
The provision of prekindergarten education in geographically isolated school districts.		 Became law May 22, 2026
S.173 (2026 Session)
Workers’ compensation and the Vermont Labor Relations Board.		 Became law May 7, 2026

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

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

DateBill and motion Their voteSenate President Pro TemporeMost of their party
May 27, 2026 H.772: Residential rental agreements, eviction procedures, and the creation of the positive rental payment credit reporting pilot program
Third Reading		 Nay Yea Yea
May 8, 2026 H.930: Addressing and preventing chronic absenteeism
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
June 16, 2025 H.454: Transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems
Adoption of the Conference Report		 Yea Yea Nay
March 13, 2025 Appointments: Zoie Saunders, Secretary, Agency of Education
Confirmation		 Nay Yea Yea

Recent key votes

Kesha Ram Hinsdale'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 nayAgainst most of their partyAgainst the Senate President Pro Tempore 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 Kesha Ram Hinsdale 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		NayYeaYea15–15
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