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Republican
· Representative
Jim Harrison
Represents District Rutland-11 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Republicans
88%
on 17 party-line votes · House Republicans median 90%
Cast a vote
100%
Yea or Nay on 26 of 26 roll calls · House median 96%
Their bills that became law
2 of 10
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 1
Roll calls on record
26
2025-2026 Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 12, 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 Jim Harrison 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 Jim Harrison 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. Jim Harrison is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
2 of 17 party-line votes.
S0126 · 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 · 2025-05-21 · Passed 99–38 · most Republicans voted the other way
H0493 · 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 · 2025-03-27 · Passed 104–38 · most Republicans voted the other way
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
S0125 · An act relating to collective bargaining
Roll Call Results Passed — Needed 66 of 132 to Pass — Yeas = 81, Nays = 51 · 2025-05-13 · Passed 81–51
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
Democrats they vote with most
Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.
Lucy BoydenDemocrat · District Lamoille-3 · 20 shared contested votes
40%
Timothy CorcoranDemocrat · District Bennington-2 · 21 shared contested votes
33%
Charlie KimbellDemocrat · District Windsor-5 · 21 shared contested votes
33%
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 (0 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Jim Harrison 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.
Introduced10
Out of committee2
Passed one chamber2
Passed both chambers2
Became law2
Never left committee8
For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 1 bills that became law this session.
An act relating to the regulation of the event ticketing market
Became lawHouse message: Governor approved bill on May 26, 2026 · 2026-05-26
An act relating to the establishment of year-round U.S. Eastern Standard Time
Not out of committeeRead first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs · 2026-01-06
House concurrent resolution honoring former Killington Town Clerk and Treasurer Lucrecia Wonsor for her insightful municipal government leadership
Became lawAdopted pursuant to Joint Rule 16b · 2025-02-14
An act relating to the disruption of proceedings governed by Vermont’s Open Meeting Law
Not out of committeeRead first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs · 2025-02-05
An act relating to events at accessory on-farm businesses
Not out of committeeRead first time and referred to the Committee on Environment · 2025-01-24
An act relating to exempting Social Security benefits from Vermont income tax
Not out of committeeRead first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means · 2025-01-23
An act relating to the implementation of an electronic roll-call system in the Vermont House of Representatives
Not out of committeeRead first time and referred to the Committee on Rules · 2025-01-21
An act relating to changing the greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements to goals
Not out of committeeRead first time and referred to the Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure · 2025-01-21
An act relating to the consolidation of Vermont’s school districts to align with career and technical education service regions
Not out of committeeRead first time and referred to the Committee on Education · 2025-01-15
An act relating to repealing the Affordable Heat Act
Not out of committeeRead first time and referred to the Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure · 2025-01-09
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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