Vermont House of Representatives

Vermont House of Representatives
Vermont House of Representatives
Vermont General Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 4, 2023
Leadership
Speaker	Jill Krowinski (D) ; since January 6, 2021
Majority Leader	Emily Long (D) ; since January 6, 2021
Minority Leader	Patricia McCoy (R) ; since January 8, 2019
Structure
Seats	150
Political groups	Majority (112) Democratic (105); Progressive (4); Independent (3); Minority (38) Republican (37); Libertarian (1);
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Section 7, Legislative Department, Constitution of Vermont
Salary	$636/week + per diem
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post/Plurality-at-large
Last election	November 8, 2022
Next election	November 5, 2024
Redistricting	Legislative control
Meeting place
	State House Chamber,; Vermont State House; Montpelier, Vermont, U.S.

The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives are elected to a two-year term without term limits.

Vermont had a unicameral legislature until 1836. It added a senate by constitutional amendment.^[2] The House meets in Representatives Hall at the Vermont State House in Montpelier. It is the only U.S. state legislature whose debating chamber seating layout comes closer to that of the Westminster-style parliament found elsewhere, being similar to debating chambers in Australian state parliaments.^[3]

Leadership

The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the full House by Australian Ballot. If there is only one candidate, the election is usually held by voice vote. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker controls committee assignments and the flow of legislation. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders and whips, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the chamber. There are three party caucuses in the Vermont House; the Democratic Caucus which is currently in the majority, and the Republican and Progressive Caucuses, each currently being in the minority. Independent members of the House may choose to caucus with a party or none at all.

Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington) is serving her second term as House Speaker.^[4]

Current leadership

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
Speaker of the House	Jill Krowinski	Democratic	Burlington	Chittenden-16
Majority Leader	Emily Long	Democratic	Newfane	Windham-5
Minority Leader	Patricia McCoy	Republican	Poultney	Rutland-1

Composition

Affiliation	Party (shading indicates majority caucus)					Total

	Democratic	Progressive	Independent	Republican	Libertarian		Vacant
End 2012	94	5	3	47	0	150	0

Begin 2013	96	5	4	44	0	149	1
End 2014	96	5	4	45	0	150	0

2015–2016	85	6	6	53	0	150	0

2017-2018	83	7	7	53	0	150	0

2019-2020	95	7	5	43	0	150	0

Begin 2021	92	7	5	46	0	150	0

Begin 2023	104	5	3	38	0	150	0
May 3, 2023^[5]		5		37	1	150	0
April 1, 2024^[6]		4				149	1
May 6, 2024^[7]	105	4				150	0
Latest voting share	74.7%			24.7%	0.7%

Members

District	Representative	Party	Residence	First elected
Addison-1	Amy Sheldon	Dem	Middlebury	2014
Addison-1	Robin Scheu	Dem	Middlebury	2016
Addison-2	Peter Conlon	Dem	Cornwall	2016
Addison-3	Matt Birong	Dem	Vergennes	2018
Addison-3	Diane Lanpher	Dem	Vergennes	2008
Addison-4	Mari Cordes	Dem	Lincoln	2018
Addison-4	Caleb Elder	Dem	Starksboro	2018
Addison-5	Jubilee McGill	Dem	Bridport	2022
Addison-Rutland	Joseph Andriano	Dem	Orwell	2022
Bennington-1	Nelson Brownell	Dem	Pownal	2002
Bennington-2	Timothy Corcoran II	Dem	Bennington	2002
Bennington-2	Dane Whitman	Dem	Bennington	2020
Bennington-3	David Durfee	Dem	Shaftsbury	2018
Bennington-4	Seth Bongartz	Dem	Manchester	2020
Bennington-4	Kathleen James	Dem	Manchester	2018
Bennington-5	Mary A. Morrissey	Rep	Bennington	1996
Bennington-5	Jim Carroll	Dem	Bennington	2022 (2019–2021)
Bennington-Rutland	Mike Rice	Dem	Dorset	2022
Caledonia-1	Bobby Farlice-Rubio	Dem	McIndoe Falls	2022
Caledonia-2	Chip Troiano	Dem	East Hardwick	2014
Caledonia-3	Dennis LaBounty	Dem		2022
Caledonia-3	Beth Quimby	Rep	Lyndon	2024↑
Caledonia-Essex	Scott Beck	Rep	St. Johnsbury	2014
Caledonia-Essex	Scott Campbell	Dem	St. Johnsbury	2018
Caledonia-Washington	Henry Pearl	Dem	Danville	2020
Chittenden-1	Jana Brown	Dem	Richmond	2020
Chittenden-2	Angela Arsenault	Dem	Williston	2022
Chittenden-2	Erin Brady	Dem	Williston	2022
Chittenden-3	Trevor Squirrell	Dem	Underhill	2016
Chittenden-3	Edye Graning	Dem	Jericho	2022
Chittenden-4	Phil Pouech	Dem	Hinesburg	2022
Chittenden-5	Chea Waters Evans	Dem	Charlotte	2022
Chittenden-6	Kate Lalley	Dem	Shelburne	2022
Chittenden-7	Jessica Brumsted	Dem	Shelburne	2016
Chittenden-8	Noah Hyman	Dem	South Burlington	2022
Chittenden-9	Emilie Krasnow	Dem	South Burlington	2022
Chittenden-10	Kate Nugent	Dem	South Burlington	2022
Chittenden-11	Brian Minier	Dem	South Burlington	2022
Chittenden-12	Martin LaLonde	Dem	South Burlington	2014
Chittenden-13	Tiff Bluemle	Dem	Burlington	2020
Chittenden-13	Gabrielle Stebbins	Dem	Burlington	2020
Chittenden-14	Barbara Rachelson	Dem	Burlington	2012
Chittenden-14	Mary-Katherine Stone	Dem/Prog^[a]	Burlington	2022
Chittenden-15	Brian Cina	Prog/Dem^[a]	Burlington	2016
Chittenden-15	Troy Headrick	Prog/Dem^[a]	Burlington	2022
Chittenden-16	Jill Krowinski	Dem	Burlington	2012↑
Chittenden-16	Kate Logan	Prog/Dem^[a]	Burlington	2012
Chittenden-17	Abbey Duke	Dem	Burlington	2024↑
Chittenden-18	Carol Ode	Dem	Burlington	2016
Chittenden-18	Robert Hooper	Dem	Burlington	2018
Chittenden-19	Sarita Austin	Dem	Colchester	2018
Chittenden-19	Patrick Brennan	Rep	Colchester	2002
Chittenden-20	Seth Chase	Dem	Colchester	2018
Chittenden-20	Curt Taylor	Dem	Colchester	2016
Chittenden-21	Daisy Berbeco	Dem	Winooski	2022
Chittenden-21	Taylor Small	Prog/Dem^[a]	Winooski	2020
Chittenden-22	Karen Dolan	Dem	Essex Junction	2020
Chittenden-22	Lori Houghton	Dem	Essex Junction	2016
Chittenden-23	Leonora Dodge	Dem	Essex Town	2022
Chittenden-23	Rey Garofano	Dem	Essex Town	2021
Chittenden-24	Alyssa Black	Dem	Essex Town	2020
Chittenden-25	Julia Andrews	Dem	Westford	2022
Chittenden-Franklin	Chris Taylor	Rep	Milton	2022
Chittenden-Franklin	Chris Mattos	Rep	Milton	2017↑
Essex-Caledonia	Terri Lynn Williams	Rep	Concord	2020
Essex-Orleans	Larry Labor	Rep	Morgan	2022
Franklin-1	Ashley Bartley	Rep	Fairfax	2022
Franklin-1	Carolyn Branagan	Rep	Georgia	2022 (2003–2017)
Franklin-2	Eileen Dickinson	Rep	St. Albans Town	2008
Franklin-3	Mike McCarthy	Dem	St. Albans City	2018
Franklin-4	Matt Walker	Rep	Swanton	2022↑
Franklin-4	Thomas Oliver	Rep/Dem^[a]	Sheldon	2022
Franklin-5	Wayne Laroche	Rep	Franklin	2022↑
Franklin-5	Lisa Hango	Rep	Berkshire	2019↑
Franklin-6	James Gregoire	Rep	Fairfield	2018
Franklin-7	Penny Demar	Rep	Enosburg	2022
Franklin-8	Casey Toof	Rep	St. Albans City	2018
Grand Isle-Chittenden	Josie Leavitt	Dem	Grand Isle	2022
Grand Isle-Chittenden	Michael Morgan	Rep	West Milton	2020
Lamoille-1	Jed Lipsky	Ind	Stowe	2022
Lamoille-2	Melanie Carpenter	Dem	Hyde Park	2023↑
Lamoille-2	Daniel Noyes	Dem	Wolcott	2016
Lamoille-3	Lucy Boyden	Dem	Cambridge	2022
Lamoille-Washington	Avram Patt	Dem	Worcester	2018
Lamoille-Washington	Saudia LaMont	Dem	Morrisville	2022
Orange-1	Carl Demrow	Dem	Corinth	2022 (2019–2021)
Orange-2	Monique Priestley	Dem	Bradford	2022
Orange-3	Rodney Graham	Rep	Williamstown	2014
Orange-Caledonia	Joseph Parsons	Rep	Newbury	2020
Orange-Washington-Addison	Jay Hooper	Dem	Randolph	2016
Orange-Washington-Addison	Larry Satcowitz	Dem	Brookfield	2020
Orleans-1	Brian Smith	Rep	Derby	2016
Orleans-2	Woodman Page	Rep	Newport City	2018
Orleans-3	Dave Templeman	Dem	Brownington	2018
Orleans-4	Katherine Sims	Dem	Craftsbury	2020
Orleans-Lamoille	Mark Higley	Rep	Lowell	2008
Orleans-Lamoille	Michael Marcotte	Rep	Newport Town	2004
Rutland-1	Patricia McCoy	Rep	Poultney	2014
Rutland-2	Tom Burditt	Rep	West Rutland	2010
Rutland-2	Arthur Peterson	Rep	Clarendon	2020
Rutland-3	Jarrod Sammis	Lib	Castleton	2022
Rutland-4	Paul Clifford	Rep	Rutland City	2022
Rutland-5	Eric Maguire	Rep	Rutland City	2022
Rutland-6	Mary Howard	Dem	Rutland City	2016
Rutland-7	William Notte	Dem	Rutland City	2018
Rutland-8	Butch Shaw	Rep	Pittsford	2010
Rutland-9	Stephanie Jerome	Dem	Brandon	2018
Rutland-10	Bill Canfield	Rep	Fair Haven	2004
Rutland-11	Jim Harrison	Rep	Chittenden	2017↑
Rutland-Bennington	Robin Chesnut-Tangerman	Dem	Middletown Springs	2022 (2015–2021)
Rutland-Windsor	Logan Nicoll	Dem	Ludlow	2006
Washington-1	Anne Donahue	Rep	Northfield	2002
Washington-1	Kenneth Goslant	Rep	Berlin	2020
Washington-2	Dara Torre	Dem	Moretown	2022
Washington-2	Kari Dolan	Dem	Waitsfield	2018
Washington-3	Peter Anthony	Dem	Barre City	2018
Washington-3	Jonathan Williams	Dem	Barre City	2022
Washington-4	Conor Casey	Dem	Montpelier	2022
Washington-4	Kate McCann	Dem	Montpelier	2022
Washington-5	Ela Chapin	Dem	East Montpelier	2022
Washington-6	Marc Mihaly	Dem	East Calais	2022
Washington-Chittenden	Tom Stevens	Dem	Waterbury	2008
Washington-Chittenden	Theresa Wood	Dem	Waterbury	2015↑
Washington-Orange	Gina Galfetti	Rep	Barre Town	2022
Washington-Orange	Francis McFaun	Rep	Barre Town	2004
Windham-1	Sara Coffey	Dem	Guilford	2018
Windham-2	Laura Sibilia	Ind	Dover	2014
Windham-3	Michelle Bos-Lun	Dem	Dummerston	2020
Windham-3	Leslie Goldman	Dem	Bellows Falls	2020
Windham-4	Mike Mrowicki	Dem	Putney	2008
Windham-5	Emily Long	Dem	Newfane	2014
Windham-6	Tristan Roberts	Dem	Halifax	2022
Windham-7	Emilie Kornheiser	Dem	Brattleboro	2018
Windham-8	Mollie Burke	Dem	Brattleboro	2008
Windham-9	Tristan Toleno	Dem	Brattleboro	2012
Windham-Windsor-Bennington	Kelly Pajala	Ind	South Londonderry	2017↑
Windsor-1	John Bartholomew	Dem	Hartland	2010
Windsor-1	Elizabeth Burrows	Dem/Prog^[a]	West Windsor	2020
Windsor-2	John Arrison	Dem	Perkinsville	2020
Windsor-3	Alice Emmons	Dem	Springfield	1982
Windsor-3	Kristi Morris	Dem	Springfield	2019↑
Windsor-4	Heather Surprenant	Dem	Barnard	2020
Windsor-5	Tesha Buss	Dem	Woodstock	2022
Windsor-6	Kevin "Coach" Christie	Dem	Hartford	2010
Windsor-6	Esme Cole	Dem	Hartford	2022
Windsor-Addison	Kirk White	Dem	Bethel	2020
Windsor-Orange-1	John O'Brien	Dem	Tunbridge	2018
Windsor-Orange-2	Rebecca Holcombe	Dem	Norwich	2022
Windsor-Orange-2	Jim Masland	Dem	Thetford Center	1998
Windsor-Windham	Heather Chase	Dem	Chester	2022

↑: Member was originally appointed

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g When two parties are listed, it means in the last election the representative received enough votes in two parties' primaries to be listed on the general election ballot as the nominee of both. The representative's primary party is listed first.

Past notable members

Nearly all of the Governors of the state and most of its U.S. representatives and U.S. senators were first members of this house. Other prominent members include: