Ruth Hardy
State Senator · Vermont Senate District ADD
Bills introduced (23)
An act relating to public libraries and the Department of Libraries
Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 8, 2026 · May 29, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesAn act relating to access to autopsy reports
Senate Message: Signed by Governor April 22, 2026 · April 23, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesAn act relating to establishing the Farm and Forestry Operations Security Special Fund to provide payments for farm and forestry operation losses due to weather conditions
Signed by Governor on March 26, 2026 · March 27, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesAn act relating to an energy navigator program report
Read first time and referred to the Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure · March 24, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesAn act relating to the use of advanced metering infrastructure devices
Read first time and referred to the Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure · March 17, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesAn act relating to the use of synthetic media in elections
Senate Message: Signed by Governor March 5, 2026 · March 11, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesAn act relating to a family caregiver tax credit
Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance · January 9, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesAn act relating to Vermont income tax exclusions and tax credits
Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 25, 2025 · June 16, 2025
An act relating to amendments to Vermont’s Open Meeting Law
Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 9, 2025 · June 13, 2025
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesAn act relating to access to certain legally protected health care services
Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 13, 2025 · May 14, 2025
Senate resolution strongly urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to expedite the establishment and implementation of an avian influenza vaccine national reserve and distribution system for small- and medium-sized poultry farms
As adopted by Senate · May 7, 2025
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesJoint resolution supporting Vermont’s transgender and non-binary community and declaring Vermont’s commitment to fighting discrimination and treating all citizens with respect and dignity
As adopted by Senate and House · May 6, 2025
Showing the 12 most recently active.
Recent votes
| Bill | Vote on | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| S0193 An act relating to establishing a forensic facility for certain criminal justice-involved persons | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Hashim, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 1 May 28, 2026 | Yes |
| S0190 An act relating to reference-based pricing and the Green Mountain Care Board | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 13 May 28, 2026 | Yes |
| S0325 An act relating to regional planning and Act 250 Tier jurisdiction | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Watson, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 2 May 27, 2026 | Yes |
| S0325 An act relating to regional planning and Act 250 Tier jurisdiction | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Watson, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 3 May 27, 2026 | Yes |
| H0740 An act relating to the greenhouse gas inventory and registry | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Watson, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 13 May 27, 2026 | Yes |
| H0772 An act relating to residential rental agreements, eviction procedures, and the creation of the positive rental payment credit reporting pilot program | Senate · 3rd reading refused on roll call, requested by Senator Ram Hinsdale, Failed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 15, Nays = 16 May 27, 2026 | Yes |
| H0772 An act relating to residential rental agreements, eviction procedures, and the creation of the positive rental payment credit reporting pilot program | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Weeks, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 12 May 27, 2026 | Yes |
| H0955 An act relating to next steps in transforming Vermont’s education system | Senate · 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 2 May 26, 2026 | Yes |
| H0550 An act relating to gender equity within Vermont’s correctional facilities | Senate · 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 2 May 20, 2026 | Yes |
| H0931 An act relating to miscellaneous changes in education law | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Weeks, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 11, Nays = 19 May 19, 2026 | No |
| H0740 An act relating to the greenhouse gas inventory and registry | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Ram Hinsdale, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 13 May 19, 2026 | Yes |
| H0740 An act relating to the greenhouse gas inventory and registry | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Beck, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 14, Nays = 16 May 19, 2026 | No |
| H0740 An act relating to the greenhouse gas inventory and registry | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Westman, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 26, Nays = 4 May 19, 2026 | Yes |
| H0740 An act relating to the greenhouse gas inventory and registry | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Beck, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 13 May 19, 2026 | Yes |
| H0740 An act relating to the greenhouse gas inventory and registry | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Ram Hinsdale, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 13 May 19, 2026 | Yes |
| H0740 An act relating to the greenhouse gas inventory and registry | Senate · 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 12 May 15, 2026 | Yes |
| H0727 An act relating to sustainable data center deployment | Senate · Proposal of amendment agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Hashim, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 26, Nays = 3 May 15, 2026 | Yes |
| H0657 An act relating to various programming and requirements within the Department for Children and Families | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Ram Hinsdale, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 13, Nays = 17 May 14, 2026 | No |
| H0657 An act relating to various programming and requirements within the Department for Children and Families | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Weeks, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 13, Nays = 17 May 14, 2026 | No |
| H0660 An act relating to fiscal year 2027 Opioid Abatement Special Fund and Substance Misuse Prevention Special Fund appropriations | Senate · Pending third reading, motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment disagreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 12, Nays = 18 May 13, 2026 | No |
| H0930 An act relating to addressing and preventing chronic absenteeism | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Heffernan, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 6, Nays = 24 May 8, 2026 | Yes |
| S0329 An act relating to criminal procedures involving firearms | Senate · Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Ingalls, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 13 May 8, 2026 | Yes |
| S0329 An act relating to criminal procedures involving firearms | Senate · 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 13 May 7, 2026 | Yes |
| S0329 An act relating to criminal procedures involving firearms | Senate · Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Ingalls, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 13 May 7, 2026 | Yes |
| H0536 An act relating to toxic heavy metals in baby food products | Senate · 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0 May 5, 2026 | Yes |
| H0933 An act relating to miscellaneous administrative and policy changes to the tax laws | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Weeks, Failed -- Needed 14 of 27 to Pass -- Yeas = 11, Nays = 16 May 1, 2026 | No |
| H0933 An act relating to miscellaneous administrative and policy changes to the tax laws | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Vyhovsky, Failed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 2, Nays = 27 May 1, 2026 | No |
| H0949 An act relating to homestead property tax yields, the nonhomestead property tax rate, and technical changes to education finance | Senate · 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 2 April 29, 2026 | Yes |
| H0951 An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government | Senate · Proposal of amendment agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Perchlik, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 23, Nays = 7 April 28, 2026 | No |
| H0951 An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Hardy, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 7, Nays = 23 April 28, 2026 | Yes |
| H0849 An act relating to a civil action for damages for deprivation of federal constitutional rights by any government official | Senate · 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 23, Nays = 7 April 14, 2026 | Yes |
| S0193 An act relating to establishing a forensic facility for certain criminal justice-involved persons | Senate · Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Norris, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 1 April 1, 2026 | Yes |
| S0190 An act relating to reference-based pricing and the Green Mountain Care Board | Senate · Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Weeks, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 23, Nays = 6 March 31, 2026 | Yes |
| SR0025 Senate resolution reaffirming the abiding friendship between the State of Vermont and the Republic of China (Taiwan) on the 27th anniversary of the Vermont-Taiwan sister-state relationship and supporting enhanced Vermont-Taiwan bilateral relations and Taiwan’s participation in international organizations | Senate · Read 3rd time & adopted on roll call requested by Senator Ingalls, Passed -- Needed 14 of 27 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 0 March 31, 2026 | Yes |
| S0325 An act relating to regional planning and Act 250 Tier jurisdiction | Senate · 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 18, Nays = 12 March 25, 2026 | Yes |
| S0325 An act relating to regional planning and Act 250 Tier jurisdiction | Senate · Recommendation of amendment, as amended, agreed to on roll call requested by Senator Ingalls, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 18, Nays = 12 March 25, 2026 | Yes |
| S0325 An act relating to regional planning and Act 250 Tier jurisdiction | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Ingalls, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 13, Nays = 17 March 25, 2026 | No |
| S0206 An act relating to licensure of early childhood educators by the Office of Professional Regulation | Senate · Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Mattos, Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 22, Nays = 6 March 19, 2026 | Yes |
| S0206 An act relating to licensure of early childhood educators by the Office of Professional Regulation | Senate · Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Baruth, Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 21, Nays = 7 March 18, 2026 | Yes |
| S0206 An act relating to licensure of early childhood educators by the Office of Professional Regulation | Senate · Senator(s) Heffernan motion to commit bill to Committee on Education disagreed to on roll call requested by Sen. Weeks, Failed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 9, Nays = 19 March 18, 2026 | No |
| S0298 An act relating to voter protections | Senate · 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0 March 13, 2026 | Yes |
| S0227 An act relating to creating immigration protocols in Vermont schools | Senate · Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Ram Hinsdale, Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 26, Nays = 2 March 12, 2026 | Yes |
| JRS042 Joint resolution condemning the Russian Federation’s military and political actions in Ukraine and especially their impact on Ukrainian children | Senate · 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0 February 25, 2026 | Yes |
| S0218 An act relating to reducing chloride contamination of State waters | Senate · 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 1 February 17, 2026 | Yes |
| S0209 An act relating to prohibiting civil arrest in sensitive locations | Senate · 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 2 February 12, 2026 | Yes |
| S0208 An act relating to standards for law enforcement identification | Senate · 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 2 February 11, 2026 | Yes |
| SR0021 Senate resolution relating to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Operation Metro Surge | Senate · 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 24, Nays = 5 February 6, 2026 | Yes |
| SR0021 Senate resolution relating to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Operation Metro Surge | Senate · Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Ram Hinsdale, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 25, Nays = 4 February 6, 2026 | Yes |
| S0202 An act relating to plug-in photovoltaic devices | Senate · 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0 January 28, 2026 | Yes |
| S0051 An act relating to Vermont income tax exclusions and tax credits | Senate · Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0 June 16, 2025 | Yes |
| H0454 An act relating to transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems | Senate · Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 12 June 16, 2025 | No |
| H0454 An act relating to transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Gulick, Passed -- Needed 22 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 26, Nays = 3 June 16, 2025 | No |
| H0454 An act relating to transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Ingalls, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 13, Nays = 17 May 23, 2025 | No |
| H0091 An act relating to the Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 13 May 22, 2025 | Yes |
| SR0011 Senate resolution honoring the historic, integrated, and productive relations on the part of both the United States and the State of Vermont with Canada and the Province of Quebec; urging that Congress reassert its role in the crafting of international trade policy, including the imposition of tariffs; and urging that President Trump remove all tariffs he has imposed on Canada since January 20, 2025, including those outside the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). | Senate · Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Clarkson, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 1 May 9, 2025 | Yes |
| H0491 An act relating to setting the homestead property tax yields and the nonhomestead property tax rate | Senate · Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence on roll call, requested by Senator Baruth, Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 26, Nays = 2 May 7, 2025 | No |
| SR0012 Senate resolution reaffirming the friendship between the State of Vermont and Taiwan and supporting enhanced Vermont-Taiwan bilateral relations and Taiwan’s participation in international organizations | Senate · 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 27 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 0 May 1, 2025 | Yes |
| H0493 An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government | Senate · Passed on roll call, requested by Senator Ram Hinsdale, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 20, Nays = 10 May 1, 2025 | No |
| H0493 An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Ingalls, Failed -- Needed 23 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 14, Nays = 16 May 1, 2025 | No |
| H0493 An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government | Senate · Roll Call, requested by Senator Beck, Failed -- Needed 23 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 13, Nays = 17 May 1, 2025 | No |