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Sam Douglass
Republican · Senator

Sam Douglass

Represents District Orleans in the State Senate.

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Votes with Republicans
100%
on 13 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 92%
Cast a vote
100%
Yea or Nay on 25 of 25 roll calls · Senate median 99%
Their bills that became law
2 of 8
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 0
Roll calls on record
25
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 Sam Douglass 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 Sam Douglass sits in the Senate

Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Sam Douglass is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party

0 of 13 party-line votes.

They voted with most Republicans on every party-line vote this session.

Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

H0493 · An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government
Yea
Roll Call, requested by Senator Ingalls, Failed — Needed 23 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 14, Nays = 16 · 2025-05-01 · Failed 14–16
H0489 · An act relating to fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments
Yea
Roll Call, requested by Senator Hardy, Failed — Needed 15 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 14, Nays = 16 · 2025-04-03 · Failed 14–16
H0454 · An act relating to transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems
Yea
Roll Call, requested by Senator Ingalls, Failed — Needed 15 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 13, Nays = 17 · 2025-05-23 · Failed 13–17
H0091 · An act relating to the Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program
Nay
Roll Call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed — Needed 15 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 17, Nays = 13 · 2025-05-22 · Passed 17–13
S0068 · An act relating to repealing the Affordable Heat Act
Yea
Roll Call, requested by Senator Perchlik, Failed — Needed 15 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 13, Nays = 17 · 2025-02-25 · Failed 13–17
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.

2025-02: 3 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-03: 6 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-04: 5 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-05: 8 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-06: 3 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or NayFeb 2025Jun 2025
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Sam Douglass 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.

Introduced8
Out of committee2
Passed one chamber2
Passed both chambers2
Became law2
Never left committee6

For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 0 bills that became law this session.

An act relating to recovery residence certification
Became lawSenate Message: Signed by Governor May 19, 2026 · 2026-05-20
An act relating to protection from nuisance suits for agricultural activities
Became lawSenate Message: Signed by Governor June 12, 2025 · 2025-06-13
An act relating to purchasing drugs from a person under 21 years of age
Not out of committeeRead 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary · 2025-04-09
An act relating to exemptions from vehicle inspections
Not out of committeeRead 1st time & referred to Committee on Transportation · 2025-03-11
An act relating to analyzing benefits cliffs within Vermont’s public assistance benefits’ structure
Not out of committeeRead 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare · 2025-02-28
An act relating to updating the Periodic Inspection Manual
Not out of committeeRead 1st time & referred to Committee on Transportation · 2025-02-28
An act relating to establishing the Recreational Trails Compensation Study Committee
Not out of committeeRead 1st time & referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy · 2025-02-25
An act relating to establishing Vermont Digital Addictions Awareness Day
Not out of committeeRead 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations · 2025-02-25

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 (Roll Call, requested by Senator Gulick, Passed — Needed 22 of 29 to Pass — Yeas = 26, Nays = 3)
Passed · 26-3
Yea
H0454 · 2025-06-16
An act relating to transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems (Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call Passed — Needed 15 of 29 to Pass — Yeas = 17, Nays = 12)
Passed · 17-12
Yea
S0051 · 2025-06-16
An act relating to Vermont income tax exclusions and tax credits (Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call Passed — Needed 14 of 28 to Pass — Yeas = 28, Nays = 0)
Passed · 28-0
Yea
H0454 · 2025-05-23
An act relating to transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems (Roll Call, requested by Senator Ingalls, Failed — Needed 15 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 13, Nays = 17)
Failed · 13-17
Yea
H0091 · 2025-05-22
An act relating to the Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program (Roll Call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed — Needed 15 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 17, Nays = 13)
Passed · 17-13
Nay
SR0011 · 2025-05-09
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). (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)
Passed · 28-1
Yea
H0491 · 2025-05-07
An act relating to setting the homestead property tax yields and the nonhomestead property tax rate (Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence on roll call, requested by Senator Baruth, Passed — Needed 14 of 28 to Pass — Yeas = 26, Nays = 2)
Passed · 26-2
Yea
H0493 · 2025-05-01
An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government (Roll Call, requested by Senator Beck, Failed — Needed 23 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 13, Nays = 17)
Failed · 13-17
Yea
H0493 · 2025-05-01
An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government (Roll Call, requested by Senator Ingalls, Failed — Needed 23 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 14, Nays = 16)
Failed · 14-16
Yea
H0493 · 2025-05-01
An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government (Passed on roll call, requested by Senator Ram Hinsdale, Passed — Needed 15 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 20, Nays = 10)
Passed · 20-10
Nay
SR0012 · 2025-05-01
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 (3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed — Needed 14 of 27 to Pass — Yeas = 27, Nays = 0)
Passed · 27-0
Yea
SR0013 · 2025-04-29
Senate resolution strongly objecting to the manner and circumstances under which U.S. immigration authorities arrested and detained Mohsen Mahdawi and strongly advocating that he be afforded due process under the law and released immediately from detention (3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed — Needed 15 of 29 to Pass — Yeas = 24, Nays = 5)
Passed · 24-5
Yea
S0131 · 2025-04-24
An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington relating to the possession of firearms (Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed — Needed 15 of 29 to Pass — Yeas = 17, Nays = 12)
Passed · 17-12
Nay
S0124 · 2025-04-17
An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects (Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Beck, Passed — Needed 15 of 29 to Pass — Yeas = 29, Nays = 0)
Passed · 29-0
Yea
H0489 · 2025-04-03
An act relating to fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments (Roll Call, requested by Senator Hardy, Failed — Needed 15 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 14, Nays = 16)
Failed · 14-16
Yea
H0489 · 2025-04-03
An act relating to fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments (Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence on roll call, requested by Senator Beck, Passed — Needed 15 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 17, Nays = 13)
Passed · 17-13
Nay
H0489 · 2025-03-28
An act relating to fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments (Roll Call, requested by Senator White, Failed — Needed 22 of 29 to Pass — Yeas = 16, Nays = 13)
Failed · 16-13
Nay
S0071 · 2025-03-26
An act relating to consumer data privacy and online surveillance (Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Institutions agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Beck, Passed — Needed 15 of 29 to Pass — Yeas = 29, Nays = 0)
Passed · 29-0
Yea
S0045 · 2025-03-18
An act relating to protection from nuisance suits for agricultural activities (3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed — Needed 15 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 25, Nays = 5)
Passed · 25-5
Yea
JRS015 · 2025-03-14
Joint 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 (Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Hardy, Passed — Needed 15 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 30, Nays = 0)
Passed · 30-0
Yea
S0044 · 2025-03-13
An act relating to authorization to enter into certain immigration agreements (3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed — Needed 15 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 29, Nays = 1)
Passed · 29-1
Yea
S0069 · 2025-03-12
An act relating to an age-appropriate design code (Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Institutions agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Ram Hinsdale, Passed — Needed 15 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 25, Nays = 5)
Passed · 25-5
Nay
S0068 · 2025-02-25
An act relating to repealing the Affordable Heat Act (Roll Call, requested by Senator Williams, Failed — Needed 15 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 12, Nays = 18)
Failed · 12-18
Yea
S0068 · 2025-02-25
An act relating to repealing the Affordable Heat Act (Roll Call, requested by Senator Perchlik, Failed — Needed 15 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 13, Nays = 17)
Failed · 13-17
Yea
H0141 · 2025-02-25
An act relating to fiscal year 2025 budget adjustments (Proposal of amendment agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Beck, Passed — Needed 15 of 30 to Pass — Yeas = 18, Nays = 12)
Passed · 18-12
Nay
Complete voting record from LegiScan for the current session.
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