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Ruth Hardy's Vermont Senate voting record

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Ruth Hardy (Democratic) is a member of the Vermont Senate for the Addison District. This page covers the 108 floor roll calls held while Ruth Hardy was in office, from Jan. 31, 2025 to May 28, 2026. Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore on 87% of contested votes. Votes with own party on 97% of party-line votes. 14th percentile in the Vermont Senate from liberal to conservative. Didn't vote on 6% of roll calls. Ruth Hardy sponsored 20 statewide bills this term; 8 passed. Below are the contested votes where Ruth Hardy split from the Senate President Pro Tempore or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills Ruth Hardy sponsored and contact details.

Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore 87% On 53 contested votes where both voted · 92% 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 6% 7 of 108 roll calls
Bills passed 8 20 sponsored · 8 became law · Rank 2 of 30 in the Senate Bills that became law 8 of 8 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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Ruth Hardy'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

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More liberal than 86% of the Vermont Senate.
Most liberalMost conservative
5th most liberal of 30

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Vermont Senate, Addison District.

Also on the ballot: Hannah Sessions (Democratic), Andrew Klein (Republican), Steven Heffernan (Republican)

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The scores

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Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore
87%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Ruth Hardy.

On 53 contested votes where both voted92% on all 98 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
97%
Democrats Republicans 75%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Ruth Hardy.

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

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Bills
Sponsored20
Passed both chambers8
Became law8
Vetoed by the Governor0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 2 of 30 in the Senate · 2 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.232 (2026 Session)
Public libraries and the Department of Libraries.		 Became law May 8, 2026
S.210 (2026 Session)
Access to autopsy reports.		 Became law April 8, 2026
S.60 (2025 Session)
Establishing the Farm Security Special Fund to provide grants for farm losses due to weather conditions.		 Became law March 11, 2026
S.23 (2025 Session)
The use of synthetic media in elections.		 Became law Feb. 18, 2026
S.51 (2025 Session)
The Vermont unpaid caregiver tax credit.		 Became law June 16, 2025
S.59 (2025 Session)
Amendments to Vermont’s Open Meeting Law.		 Became law May 27, 2025
S.28 (2025 Session)
Access to certain legally protected health care services.		 Became law April 25, 2025
S.9 (2025 Session)
After-hours access to orders against sexual assault.		 Became law April 17, 2025

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

7 against the Senate President Pro Tempore; 6 against most of their party.

DateBill and motion Their voteSenate President Pro TemporeMost of their party
May 8, 2026 H.930: Addressing and preventing chronic absenteeism
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
April 28, 2026 H.951: Making appropriations for the support of the government
Amendment		 Nay Yea Yea
April 28, 2026 H.951: Making appropriations for the support of the government
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
June 16, 2025 H.454: Transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems
Adoption of the Conference Report		 Nay Yea Nay
June 16, 2025 H.454: Transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems
Motion to Suspend the Rules		 Nay Yea Yea
May 1, 2025 H.493: Making appropriations for the support of the government
Passage in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment		 Nay Yea Yea
March 13, 2025 Appointments: Zoie Saunders, Secretary, Agency of Education
Confirmation		 Nay Yea Yea

Recent key votes

Ruth Hardy'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 Ruth Hardy 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		NayNayYea17–12
May 1, 2025H.493: Making appropriations for the support of the government
Passage in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment		NayYeaYea20–10
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