Vermont House · Orange-Washington-Addison District

Philip Jay Hooper's Vermont House voting record

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Philip Jay Hooper (Democratic) is a member of the Vermont House for the Orange-Washington-Addison District. This page covers the 76 floor roll calls held while Philip Jay Hooper was in office, from Feb. 6, 2025 to May 29, 2026. Votes with the House Majority Leader on 62% of contested votes. Votes with own party on 61% of party-line votes. 61st percentile in the Vermont House from liberal to conservative. Didn't vote on 22% of roll calls. Philip Jay Hooper sponsored 1 statewide bills this term; 0 passed. Below are the contested votes where Philip Jay Hooper split from the House Majority Leader or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills Philip Jay Hooper sponsored and contact details.

Votes with the House Majority Leader 62% On 45 contested votes where both voted · 70% on all votes Votes with own party 61% Partisan rank: 144 of 145 in the House Didn't vote at roll call 22% 17 of 76 roll calls · 17 of them excused
Bills passed 0 1 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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Philip Jay Hooper'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 House61st percentile
More conservative than 61% of the Vermont House.
Most liberalMost conservative
57th most conservative of 146

The scores

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Votes with the House Majority Leader
62%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Philip Jay Hooper.

On 45 contested votes where both voted70% on all 57 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
61%
Democrats Republicans 45%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Philip Jay Hooper.

On 38 party-line votesPartisan rank: 144 of 145 in the House143 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills Philip Jay Hooper sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills
Sponsored1
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 Philip Jay Hooper sponsored passed both chambers.

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

17 against the House Majority Leader; 16 against most of their party.

DateBill and motion Their voteHouse Majority LeaderMost of their party
May 22, 2026 S.190: Reference-based pricing and the Green Mountain Care Board
Amendment		 Nay Yea 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 12, 2026 H.70: The inclusion of use value appraisal land in the conserved land inventory
Motion to Relieve a Committee		 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
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 27, 2026 H.951: Making appropriations for the support of the government
Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
March 26, 2026 H.944: The fiscal year 2027 Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to laws related to transportation
Amendment		 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.949: Homestead property tax yields, the nonhomestead property tax rate, and technical changes to education finance
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
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 20, 2025 H.480: Miscellaneous amendments to education law
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay

Recent key votes

Philip Jay Hooper'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
    Excused 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 Philip Jay Hooper 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		ExcusedYeaNay93–38
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		NayYeaYea97–40
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		YeaYeaYea92–42
May 21, 2025S.126: Health care payment and delivery system reform
Passage in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment		ExcusedYeaYea99–38
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		ExcusedYeaYea97–43
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		ExcusedYeaYea104–38
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