• H.715 (2024), Clean Heat Standard: The Clean Heat Standard was the most significant climate policy the Legislature considered in 2022. A veto override attempt in the House fell short by a single vote.
• S.5 (2024), Affordable Heat Act: Passed over the Governor’s veto. This bill promoted moving off price-volatile fossil fuels by reducing fossil fuel usage, improving weatherization, and expanding renewable energy.
• S.5, Amendment to Undermine the State’s Climate Pollution Reduction Commitments: Failed, though my opponents supported it. This amendment would have weakened Vermont’s climate pollution reduction commitments.
• H.289 (Act 179, 2024), Modernized Renewable Energy Standard: Passed over the Governor’s veto. This was the first major update to Vermont’s Renewable Energy Standard since 2015. It supported grid modernization, renewable electricity, and moving Vermont toward 100% renewable electricity. While I support the overall goal, I am concerned about changes that weakened group/virtual net metering.
• H.740: Statewide carbon pollution and fossil fuel reporting program. And funding for it.  Progressing though Milton legislators all nay

• H.727 (2026), An act relating to sustainable data center deployment: Sent to the Governor’s desk May 22, 2026. Protects the grid and environment and makes these projects applicable to Act 250.
• S.213 (2022), Flood Safety Act: Passed. Improves, protects, and documents our wetlands, and strengthens standards for enrollment in the National Flood Insurance Program.
• S.259 (2022), Climate Superfund: Passed. Holds parties responsible for covered greenhouse gas emissions for the entity’s share of the State’s costs due to climate change.
• H.26 (Act 59, 2024), Biodiversity Protections: Passed. Promotes land conservation to protect Vermont’s ecological diversity and climate resilience.
• H.706 (2024), Protecting Pollinators: Passed over the Governor’s veto. Protects pollinators by phasing out specific seed treatments and pesticides that threaten insect, bird, and human health.
• H.158 / H.175, Bottle Bill Modernization: These proposals aimed to recycle more bottles, put more responsibility on producers, and allow the State to receive a share of unclaimed bottle-deposit money. H.158 failed, and H.175 passed the Senate but stalled before final passage. In Vermont, about 47% of beverages are covered by the current bottle bill, while the average among the other bottle-bill states is about 78%.

• H.R.12 (2026), House resolution expressing support for the principles behind the statement of Governor Philip B. Scott regarding the federal surge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in the State of Minnesota: Passed 106 to 25. All five Milton representatives voted nay. The reason given was that there had not been due process.
• S.15 (2024), Universal Vote-By-Mail for General Elections: Makes the pandemic law permanent, provides greater language access for non-English-speaking Vermonters, and allows small errors to be fixed by voters.
• PR.5 (2024), Reproductive Liberty Amendment: To put an amendment to Vermont’s Constitution before voters to prevent future legislatures from restricting Vermonters’ reproductive autonomy.
• S.208: Requiring law enforcement (state and federal) to identify and not be masked. Milton reps did not support this bill and it failed. 

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• S.329, An act relating to criminal procedures involving firearms: This bill included a provision that would have prohibited firearms on premises licensed to serve alcohol, and my opponents voted against it. The reason given was, “What if a person, carrying a firearm, was picking up a friend in an establishment that served alcohol? They would be inconvenienced.” At a 5/9/2026 legislative feedback meeting, one representative went into detail about how they “can never put a price on human life.” Right after this, another representative said they voted against the gun omnibus bill because of the section: “Bill S.329 Section 4028. POSSESSION OF FIREARMS PROHIBITED ON PREMISES LICENSED TO SERVE ALCOHOL. (a) A person shall not knowingly possess a firearm on premises where alcohol is licensed to be served.” The reason given was, “Yes, I acknowledge that guns and alcohol do not mix, but what if a person was just picking up a friend and had to walk into an establishment to get him? If he was carrying a gun, this would be inconvenient.” So, my opponents say a price can never be put on human life, but saving a life cannot inconvenience someone who chooses to carry a gun. That is a deeply flawed excuse to vote against this bill. A representative using the “price of human life” as a talking point, but seemingly unaware that the decisions they make actually put a price on human life, should not be making decisions that affect public safety.

• S.190 — This bill would have helped lower health insurance premiums for Vermonters who buy their own coverage, small businesses, and education-related health care expenses. Lower health care costs would also help ease pressure on school budgets and property taxes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          My opponents voted against this bill, and the Governor vetoed it, arguing that it would have helped “only” 15% of Vermonters. I believe helping thousands of Vermonters lower their health care costs is meaningful, especially when affordability is one of the biggest challenges facing families, schools, and small