Vermont House · Rutland-9 District

Todd Nielsen's Vermont House voting record

Republican

Todd Nielsen (Republican) is a member of the Vermont House for the Rutland-9 District. This page covers the 76 floor roll calls held while Todd Nielsen was in office, from Feb. 6, 2025 to May 29, 2026. Votes with the House Majority Leader on 17% of contested votes. Votes with own party on 100% of party-line votes. 99th percentile in the Vermont House from liberal to conservative. Didn't vote on 22% of roll calls. Below are the contested votes where Todd Nielsen split from the House Majority Leader or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills Todd Nielsen sponsored and contact details.

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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Nielsen
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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Todd Nielsen'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 House99th percentile
More conservative than 99% of the Vermont House.
Most liberalMost conservative
2nd most conservative of 146
Votes with the House Majority Leader
17%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Todd Nielsen.

On 47 contested votes where both voted27% on all 59 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
100%
Democrats Republicans 45%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Todd Nielsen.

On 38 party-line votesPartisan rank: 1 of 145 in the House (tied with 35 others)No one in the House votes with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Todd Nielsen
Bills
Sponsored0
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Vetoed by the Governor0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 49 of 150 in the House (tied with 101 others) · 7 of 55 Republicans (tied with 48 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 Todd Nielsen sponsored passed both chambers.

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

39 against the House Majority Leader; 2 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Todd Nielsen
DateBill and motion Their voteHouse Majority LeaderMost of their party
May 29, 2026 S.208: Standards for law enforcement identification
Motion to Suspend the Rules
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 29, 2026 H.727: Sustainable data center deployment
Veto Override
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 26, 2026 H.527: Extending the sunset of 30 V.S.A. § 248a
Concurrence
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
May 26, 2026 H.527: Extending the sunset of 30 V.S.A. § 248a
Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
May 22, 2026 S.190: Reference-based pricing and the Green Mountain Care Board
Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 19, 2026 S.212: Potable water supply and wastewater system connections
Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
May 19, 2026 S.208: Standards for law enforcement identification
Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 6, 2026 S.325: Regional planning and Act 250 Tier jurisdiction
Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
May 6, 2026 S.325: Regional planning and Act 250 Tier jurisdiction
Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
May 6, 2026 S.325: Regional planning and Act 250 Tier jurisdiction
Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
May 6, 2026 S.325: Regional planning and Act 250 Tier jurisdiction
Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
March 27, 2026 H.951: Making appropriations for the support of the government
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 26, 2026 H.944: The fiscal year 2027 Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to laws related to transportation
Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 25, 2026 H.949: Homestead property tax yields, the nonhomestead property tax rate, and technical changes to education finance
Third Reading
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 25, 2026 H.949: Homestead property tax yields, the nonhomestead property tax rate, and technical changes to education finance
Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
March 20, 2026 H.642: Youthful offender proceedings
Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
March 20, 2026 H.642: Youthful offender proceedings
Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
March 12, 2026 H.849: A civil action for damages for deprivation of federal constitutional rights by any government official
Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 10, 2026 H.545: Issuing immunization recommendations
Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
Feb. 18, 2026 H.710: Defining electricity generating facilities
Third Reading
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 5, 2026 H.70: The inclusion of use value appraisal land in the conserved land inventory
Motion to Relieve a Committee
Yea Nay (split) Yea
May 29, 2025 H.91: The Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program
Adoption of the Conference Report
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 23, 2025 S.127: Housing and housing development
Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 23, 2025 S.127: Housing and housing development
Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
May 21, 2025 S.126: Health care payment and delivery system reform
Passage in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
May 13, 2025 S.125: Collective bargaining
Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
April 17, 2025 S.28: Access to certain legally protected health care services
Third Reading
Nay Yea (split) Nay
April 11, 2025 H.454: Transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Nay
April 11, 2025 H.454: Transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems
Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
March 28, 2025 H.218: Fiscal year 2026 appropriations from the Opioid Abatement Special Fund
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 28, 2025 H.342: Protecting the personal information of certain public servants
Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 27, 2025 H.493: Making appropriations for the support of the government
Third Reading
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 27, 2025 H.218: Fiscal year 2026 appropriations from the Opioid Abatement Special Fund
Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 21, 2025 H.489: Fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments
Third Reading
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 19, 2025 H.342: Protecting the personal information of certain public servants
Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 18, 2025 H.125: Reporting on the energy transition
Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 12, 2025 H.2: Increasing the minimum age for delinquency proceedings
Amendment
Yea Nay (split) Yea
Feb. 7, 2025 Contested Election: Report on the contested Bennington-1 election
Adoption of the Report
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 6, 2025 H.141: Fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments
Third Reading
Nay Yea (split) Nay

Recent key votes

Todd Nielsen'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
    Voted yea 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
    Voted nayAgainst the House Majority Leader 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 nayAgainst most of their partyAgainst the House Majority Leader 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
    Excused 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 Todd Nielsen voted on each of the 76 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Todd Nielsen
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
YeaYeaYea111–23
May 29, 2026H.727: Sustainable data center deployment
Veto Override
NayNayYea83–52
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
NayYeaYea122–14
May 21, 2026S.230: Fair employment practices
Concurrence
ExcusedNayYea85–48
April 16, 2026H.955: Next steps in transforming Vermont’s education system
Third Reading
ExcusedNayYea79–62
April 15, 2026S.218: Reducing chloride contamination of State waters
Passage in Concurrence
ExcusedNay—85–54
March 27, 2026H.951: Making appropriations for the support of the government
Passage
NayNayYea97–40
March 25, 2026H.949: Homestead property tax yields, the nonhomestead property tax rate, and technical changes to education finance
Third Reading
NayNayYea78–61
Feb. 18, 2026H.710: Defining electricity generating facilities
Third Reading
NayNayYea108–30
May 29, 2025H.91: The Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program
Adoption of the Conference Report
NayNayYea92–42
May 21, 2025S.126: Health care payment and delivery system reform
Passage in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment
NayNayYea99–38
May 1, 2025Prop. 3: Declaration of Rights; right to collectively bargain
Adoption of a Constitutional Proposal
ExcusedYeaYea125–15
April 17, 2025S.28: Access to certain legally protected health care services
Third Reading
NayNayYea97–43
April 11, 2025H.454: Transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems
Passage
NayNayYea87–55
March 28, 2025H.218: Fiscal year 2026 appropriations from the Opioid Abatement Special Fund
Passage
NayYeaYea119–24
March 27, 2025H.493: Making appropriations for the support of the government
Third Reading
NayNayYea104–38
March 21, 2025H.489: Fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments
Third Reading
NayNayYea91–55
Feb. 6, 2025H.141: Fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments
Third Reading
NayNayYea87–51

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