Vermont Senate · 2026 Session
H.849: A civil action for damages for deprivation of federal constitutional rights by any government official
Third Reading · April 14, 2026 · Yeas 23, nays 7 · Party-line vote
How each party voted
Senate President Pro Tempore Philip Baruth voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- H.849
- Motion
- Third Reading
- Date
- April 14, 2026
- Session
- 2026 Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 23, nays 7
- Result
- Passed, as the official record marks it
Official record: that day's Journal ↗
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The chamber on this vote
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How each member voted
Yea (23)
- Philip Baruth D-Chittenden-Central
- Scott Beck R-Caledonia
- Seth Bongartz D-Bennington
- Pat Brennan R-Grand Isle
- Randy Brock R-Franklin
- Thomas Chittenden D-Chittenden-Southeast
- Alison Clarkson D-Windsor
- Ann Cummings D-Washington
- Martine Larocque Gulick D-Chittenden-Central
- Ruth Hardy D-Addison
- Wendy Harrison D-Windham
- Nader Hashim D-Windham
- Ginny Lyons D-Chittenden-Southeast
- Joe Major D-Windsor
- Christopher Mattos R-Chittenden-North
- Andrew Perchlik D-Washington
- Robert Plunkett D-Bennington
- Kesha Ram Hinsdale D-Chittenden-Southeast
- Tanya Vyhovsky I-Chittenden-Central
- Anne Watson D-Washington
- David Weeks R-Rutland
- Richard Westman R-Lamoille
- Becca White D-Windsor
Nay (7)
- John Benson R-Orange
- Brian Collamore R-Rutland
- Steven Heffernan R-Addison
- Russ Ingalls R-Essex
- John Morley III R-Orleans
- Robert Norris R-Franklin
- Terry Williams R-Rutland