Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · Vermont
Democratic
· Representative
Heather Surprenant
Represents District Windsor-4 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Democrats
100%
on 12 party-line votes · House Democrats median 98%
Cast a vote
81%
Yea or Nay on 21 of 26 roll calls · House median 96%
Their bills that became law
0 of 3
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 2
Roll calls on record
26
2025-2026 Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 6, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2025-2026 Session.
How Heather Surprenant votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Where Heather Surprenant sits in the House
Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Heather Surprenant is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
0 of 12 party-line votes.
They voted with most Democrats on every party-line vote this session.
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
H0454 · An act relating to transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems
Roll Call Results Failed — Needed 72 of 143 to Pass — Yeas = 60, Nays = 83 · 2025-04-11 · Failed 60–83
H0125 · An act relating to reporting on the energy transition
Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 72 of 143 to Pass — Yeas = 84, Nays = 59 · 2025-03-18 · Passed 84–59
H0218 · An act relating to fiscal year 2026 appropriations from the Opioid Abatement Special Fund
Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 73 of 145 to Pass — Yeas = 87, Nays = 58 · 2025-03-27 · Passed 87–58
H0002 · An act relating to increasing the minimum age for delinquency proceedings
Roll Call Results Failed — Needed 71 of 141 to Pass — Yeas = 55, Nays = 86 · 2025-03-12 · Failed 55–86
S0127 · An act relating to housing and housing development
Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed — Needed 70 of 139 to Pass — Yeas = 53, Nays = 86 · 2025-05-23 · Failed 53–86
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (5 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Heather Surprenant was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced3
Out of committee0
Passed one chamber0
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Never left committee3
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 2 bills that became law this session.
An act relating to fair labor standards and housing standards for agricultural workers
Not out of committeeRep. Mihaly of Calais moved that the Committee on General and Housing be relieved of the bill and that the same be committed to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry, which was agreed to · 2026-02-10
An act relating to State purchasing of local food
Not out of committeeRead first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry · 2025-02-27
An act relating to establishing an Agricultural Land Transfer Assistance Program
Not out of committeeRead first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry · 2025-02-26
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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H0454 · 2025-06-16
An act relating to transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems (Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed — Needed 71 of 141 to Pass — Yeas = 96, Nays = 45)
S0127 · 2025-05-30
An act relating to housing and housing development (Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed — Needed 70 of 139 to Pass — Yeas = 137, Nays = 2)
H0091 · 2025-05-29
An act relating to the Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program (Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed — Needed 67 of 134 to Pass — Yeas = 92, Nays = 42)
S0069 · 2025-05-23
An act relating to an age-appropriate design code (Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed — Needed 71 of 142 to Pass — Yeas = 133, Nays = 9)
S0127 · 2025-05-23
An act relating to housing and housing development (Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed — Needed 70 of 139 to Pass — Yeas = 53, Nays = 86)
S0127 · 2025-05-23
An act relating to housing and housing development (Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed — Needed 68 of 136 to Pass — Yeas = 100, Nays = 36)
S0126 · 2025-05-21
An act relating to health care payment and delivery system reform (Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 69 of 137 to Pass — Yeas = 99, Nays = 38)
H0493 · 2025-05-15
An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government (Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 68 of 135 to Pass — Yeas = 132, Nays = 3)
S0125 · 2025-05-13
An act relating to collective bargaining (Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 66 of 132 to Pass — Yeas = 81, Nays = 51)
H0248 · 2025-05-08
An act relating to supplemental child care grants and the Child Care Financial Assistance Program (Roll Call Results Failed — Needed 72 of 144 to Pass — Yeas = 20, Nays = 124)
S0051 · 2025-05-06
An act relating to Vermont income tax exclusions and tax credits (Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 72 of 144 to Pass — Yeas = 142, Nays = 2)
S0028 · 2025-04-17
An act relating to access to certain legally protected health care services (Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 70 of 140 to Pass — Yeas = 97, Nays = 43)
H0454 · 2025-04-11
An act relating to transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems (Roll Call Results Failed — Needed 72 of 143 to Pass — Yeas = 60, Nays = 83)
H0454 · 2025-04-11
An act relating to transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems (Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 71 of 142 to Pass — Yeas = 87, Nays = 55)
S0003 · 2025-04-10
An act relating to the transfer of property to a trust (Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 72 of 144 to Pass — Yeas = 143, Nays = 1)
H0342 · 2025-03-28
An act relating to protecting the personal information of certain public servants (Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 72 of 144 to Pass — Yeas = 106, Nays = 38)
H0218 · 2025-03-28
An act relating to fiscal year 2026 appropriations from the Opioid Abatement Special Fund (Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 72 of 143 to Pass — Yeas = 119, Nays = 24)
H0218 · 2025-03-27
An act relating to fiscal year 2026 appropriations from the Opioid Abatement Special Fund (Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 73 of 145 to Pass — Yeas = 87, Nays = 58)
H0493 · 2025-03-27
An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government (Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 71 of 142 to Pass — Yeas = 104, Nays = 38)
H0474 · 2025-03-25
An act relating to miscellaneous changes to election law (Roll Call Results Failed — Needed 72 of 143 to Pass — Yeas = 36, Nays = 107)
H0489 · 2025-03-21
An act relating to fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments (Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 73 of 146 to Pass — Yeas = 91, Nays = 55)
H0480 · 2025-03-20
An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to education law (Roll Call Results Failed — Needed 70 of 140 to Pass — Yeas = 49, Nays = 91)
H0342 · 2025-03-19
An act relating to protecting the personal information of certain public servants (Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 72 of 144 to Pass — Yeas = 99, Nays = 45)
H0125 · 2025-03-18
An act relating to reporting on the energy transition (Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 72 of 143 to Pass — Yeas = 84, Nays = 59)
H0002 · 2025-03-12
An act relating to increasing the minimum age for delinquency proceedings (Roll Call Results Failed — Needed 71 of 141 to Pass — Yeas = 55, Nays = 86)
H0141 · 2025-02-06
An act relating to fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments (Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 69 of 138 to Pass — Yeas = 87, Nays = 51)
Complete voting record from LegiScan for the current session.
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