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Robert Plunkett's Vermont Senate voting record

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Robert Plunkett (Democratic) is a member of the Vermont Senate for the Bennington District. This page covers the 108 floor roll calls held while Robert Plunkett 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 95% of party-line votes. 48th percentile in the Vermont Senate from liberal to conservative. Didn't vote on 0% of roll calls. Below are the contested votes where Robert Plunkett split from the Senate President Pro Tempore or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills Robert Plunkett 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 95% Partisan rank: 16 of 30 in the Senate (tied with 2 others) Didn't vote at roll call 0% 0 of 108 roll calls
Bills passed 0 0 sponsored · 0 became law · Rank 14 of 30 in the Senate (tied with 16 others) Bills that became law 0 of 0 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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Robert Plunkett'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 Senate48th percentile
More liberal than 51% of the Vermont Senate.
Most liberalMost conservative
15th most liberal of 30

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Vermont Senate, Bennington District.

Also on the ballot: Seth Bongartz (Democratic), Josh R. Williams (Republican), Lawrence Whitmire (Republican), Rachel Shaw (Progressive)

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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 Robert Plunkett.

On 53 contested votes where both voted99% on all 105 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
95%
Democrats Republicans 75%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Robert Plunkett.

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 Robert Plunkett sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills
Sponsored0
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Vetoed by the Governor0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 14 of 30 in the Senate (tied with 16 others) · 12 of 16 Democrats (tied with 4 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 Robert Plunkett sponsored passed both chambers.

Budget projects

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

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: Michael P. Drescher, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Confirmation		 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

Recent key votes

Robert Plunkett'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 Robert Plunkett 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