Vermont Senate · Orleans District

Samuel Douglass's Vermont Senate voting record

Republican Left office Oct. 27, 2025

Samuel Douglass (Republican) was a member of the Vermont Senate for the Orleans District until Oct. 27, 2025. This page covers the 48 floor roll calls held while Samuel Douglass was in office, from Jan. 31, 2025 to June 16, 2025. Didn't vote on 2% of roll calls. Samuel Douglass sponsored 8 statewide bills this term; 2 passed. Below are the contested votes where Samuel Douglass split from the Senate President Pro Tempore or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills Samuel Douglass sponsored and contact details.

Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore —Not enough votes to score. Votes with own party —Not enough votes to score. Didn't vote at roll call 2% 1 of 48 roll calls

Bills passed 2 8 sponsored · 2 became law Bills that became law 2 of 2 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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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Samuel Douglass has left office, so isn't on the chart of current members. 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

The scores

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Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore

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Each tick is a current member, by party. Samuel Douglass has left office, so isn't marked.

On 18 contested votes where both voted70% on all 44 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

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Each tick is a current member, by party. Samuel Douglass has left office, so isn't marked.

On 13 party-line votes

Bills

The bills Samuel Douglass sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Samuel Douglass
	Bills
Sponsored	8
Passed both chambers	2
Became law	2
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Ranked among current members only.

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

Bills that passed both chambers: Samuel Douglass
Bill	Result	Final action
S.157 (2025 Session) Recovery residence certification.	Became law	May 5, 2026
S.45 (2025 Session) Protection from nuisance suits for agricultural activities.	Became law	May 30, 2025

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

13 against the Senate President Pro Tempore; 1 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Samuel Douglass
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Senate President Pro Tempore	Most of their party
May 23, 2025	H.454: Transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 22, 2025	H.91: The Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 1, 2025	H.493: Making appropriations for the support of the government Passage in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 1, 2025	H.493: Making appropriations for the support of the government Motion to Suspend the Rules	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 1, 2025	H.493: Making appropriations for the support of the government Motion to Suspend the Rules	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 24, 2025	S.131: Approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington relating to the possession of firearms Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 3, 2025	H.489: Fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments Passage in Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 3, 2025	H.489: Fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 28, 2025	H.489: Fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments Motion to Suspend the Rules	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 12, 2025	S.69: An age-appropriate design code Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 25, 2025	H.141: Fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 25, 2025	S.68: Repealing the Affordable Heat Act. Motion to Relieve a Committee	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 25, 2025	S.68: Repealing the Affordable Heat Act. Motion to Postpone	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea

Recent key votes

Samuel Douglass'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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June 16, 2025
Senate

H.454: Transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems
Voted yea Adoption of the Conference Report · Yeas 17, nays 12

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.
May 1, 2025
Senate

H.493: Making appropriations for the support of the government
Voted nayAgainst the Senate President Pro Tempore Passage in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment · Yeas 20, nays 10

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.
April 29, 2025
Senate

S.R.13: Strongly objecting to the manner and circumstances under which U.S. immigration authorities arrested and detained Mohsen Mahdawi and strongly advocating that…
Voted yea Third Reading · Yeas 24, nays 5

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.
April 3, 2025
Senate

H.489: Fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments
Voted nayAgainst the Senate President Pro Tempore Passage in 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.
March 18, 2025
Senate

S.45: Protection from nuisance suits for agricultural activities
Voted yea Third Reading · Yeas 25, nays 5

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 Samuel Douglass voted on each of the 48 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Samuel Douglass
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Senate President Pro Tempore	Yeas–nays
June 16, 2025	H.454: Transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems Adoption of the Conference Report	Yea	Yea	Yea	17–12
May 1, 2025	H.493: Making appropriations for the support of the government Passage in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment	Nay	Nay	Yea	20–10
April 29, 2025	S.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	Yea	Yea	Yea	24–5
April 3, 2025	H.489: Fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments Passage in Concurrence	Nay	Nay	Yea	17–13
March 18, 2025	S.45: Protection from nuisance suits for agricultural activities Third Reading	Yea	Yea	Yea	25–5

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

Source: the Vermont General Assembly's Journals and roll-call books, Jan. 31, 2025 to May 29, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections