Vermont · Current officeholder
Phil Baruth
Democratic/Progressive Vermont Senate, District Chittenden Central
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Sponsored legislation
108 bills in the current data (108 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S 64 | An act relating to amendments to the scope of practice for optometrists | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 29, 2026 |
| S 298 | An act relating to voter protections | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 29, 2026 |
| S 208 | An act relating to standards for law enforcement identification | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 29, 2026 |
| JRS 56 | Joint resolution relating to final adjournment of the General Assembly in 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 29, 2026 |
| JRS 54 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjounment on May 22, 2026, or May 23, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 27, 2026 |
| JRS 55 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on Friday May 29 or Saturday May 30, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 26, 2026 |
| S 157 | An act relating to recovery residence certification | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 20, 2026 |
| SCR 13 | Senate concurrent resolution honoring Middlebury College Professor Jessica Holmes for her exemplary public service as a member and interim chair of the Green Mountain Care Board | Primary sponsor | Introduced | May 19, 2026 |
| JRS 53 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on May 15, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 15, 2026 |
| S 329 | An act relating to criminal procedures involving firearms | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 13, 2026 |
| JRS 52 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on May 8, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 8, 2026 |
| HCR 282 | House concurrent resolution honoring General Assembly Doorkeeper Dennis Miles for his superb dedication to serving the General Assembly and all Vermonters | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 7, 2026 |
| HCR 279 | House concurrent resolution honoring General Assembly Head Doorkeeper Michael G. Wiater and his wife, Sergeant at Arms Administrative Assistant Donna Wiater, for their dedicated State public service and extending future best wishes | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 7, 2026 |
| JRS 51 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on May 1, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 1, 2026 |
| HCR 253 | House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2025 Green Mountain Council Class of Eagle Scouts | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 24, 2026 |
| JRS 50 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on April 24, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 23, 2026 |
| HCR 241 | House concurrent resolution congratulating University of Vermont Distinguished Professor and Vermont Climatologist Dr. Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux on winning the Mani L. Bhaumik Award for Public Engagement with Science | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 23, 2026 |
| JRS 49 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on April 17, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 17, 2026 |
| SCR 10 | Senate concurrent resolution honoring University of Vermont Medical Center and University of Vermont pediatrician extraordinaire Dr. Lewis R. First | Primary sponsor | Introduced | April 10, 2026 |
| JRS 48 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on April 10, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 10, 2026 |
| JRS 47 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on April 3, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 3, 2026 |
| SR 24 | Senate resolution reaffirming the abiding friendship between the State of Vermont and the Republic of China (Taiwan) on the 27th anniversary of the Vermont-Taiwan sister-state relationship and supporting enhanced Vermont-Taiwan bilateral relations and Taiwan’s participation in international organizations | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 27, 2026 |
| JRS 46 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on March 27, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 27, 2026 |
| S 220 | An act relating to the excess spending threshold | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 26, 2026 |
| JRS 45 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on March 20, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 20, 2026 |
| S 211 | An act relating to motor vehicle inspections | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 19, 2026 |
| SCR 7 | Senate concurrent resolution designating October 5, 2026, as Italian American Day in Vermont | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 17, 2026 |
| JRS 44 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on March 13, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 13, 2026 |
| SR 23 | Senate resolution relating to electronic participation in Senate Sessions | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 10, 2026 |
| SR 22 | Senate resolution relating to concurrently conducted electronic committee meetings | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 10, 2026 |
| HCR 178 | House concurrent resolution in memory of former Senator William H. Carris of Wells | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 27, 2026 |
| JRS 41 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on February 20, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 20, 2026 |
| HCR 196 | House concurrent resolution honoring U.S. Army Major General and Vermont Adjutant and Inspector General Gregory Knight on his exemplary service on behalf of our State and nation | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 19, 2026 |
| JRS 37 | Joint resolution supporting, in solidarity with national and international ski organizations and numerous skiers across the globe, the introduction of long-overdue gender equality in Nordic combined Olympic competition and urging that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) only introduce new Olympic sports that practice gender equality | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | February 17, 2026 |
| JRS 40 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on February 13, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 13, 2026 |
| HCR 189 | House concurrent resolution designating February 11, 2026, as Disability Advocacy Day at the State House | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 11, 2026 |
| SR 21 | Senate resolution relating to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Operation Metro Surge | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 6, 2026 |
| JRS 39 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on February 6, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 6, 2026 |
| HCR 186 | House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2025 Colchester Little League Minors on winning the 8–10 age bracket State Little League Baseball championship | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 6, 2026 |
| HCR 185 | House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2025 Colchester Majors’ Division I championship Little League Baseball team | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 6, 2026 |
| JRS 38 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on January 30, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 30, 2026 |
| HCR 180 | House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2025 Essex High School Hornets on winning the State boys’ volleyball championship | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 30, 2026 |
| HCR 179 | House concurrent resolution congratulating the Essex High School Hornets girls’ volleyball team on winning the school’s fifth consecutive divisional championship | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 30, 2026 |
| SR 20 | Senate resolution relating to adoption of a temporary Rule 44A | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 29, 2026 |
| JRS 36 | Joint resolution establishing a procedure for the conduct of the election of two legislative trustees of the Vermont State Colleges Corporation by plurality vote by the General Assembly in 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 27, 2026 |
| JRS 35 | Joint resolution providing for a Joint Assembly for the election of an Adjutant and Inspector General, and two legislative Trustees of the Vermont State Colleges Corporation | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 27, 2026 |
| HCR 162 | House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2025 Colchester High School Lakers Division II championship football team | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 27, 2026 |
| JRS 34 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on January 23, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 23, 2026 |
| S 287 | An act relating to studying the construction of a self-funding limited access highway replacing Route 22A and linking Burlington, Vergennes, Middlebury, and Rutland to Interstate 87 | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 21, 2026 |
| JRS 32 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on January 16, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 16, 2026 |
| S 234 | An act relating to the Vermont Green FC license plate | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 9, 2026 |
| JRS 31 | Joint resolution relating to Town Meeting adjournment | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 9, 2026 |
| JRS 29 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on January 9, 2026 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 9, 2026 |
| SR 19 | Senate resolution relating to electronic participation in Senate Sessions | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 6, 2026 |
| SR 18 | Senate resolution relating to concurrently conducted electronic committee meetings | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 6, 2026 |
| S 201 | An act relating to academic freedom in Vermont’s postsecondary schools | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 6, 2026 |
| S 160 | An act relating to firearms procedures | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 6, 2026 |
| JRS 30 | Joint resolution to provide for a Joint Assembly to receive the State-of-the-State message from the Governor | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 6, 2026 |
| SR 17 | Senate resolution honoring the outstanding legislative staff service of Chrissy Gilhuly and extending to her best wishes for future success | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 16, 2025 |
| JRS 28 | Joint resolution relating to final adjournment of the General Assembly in 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 16, 2025 |
| SR 15 | Senate resolution urging that all State agencies, departments, and offices protect the civil rights, medical confidentiality, and all aspects of personal privacy of Vermonters who have been diagnosed with autism in light of the Secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services’ recently announced plans to establish an autism research database and other databases related to autism | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 30, 2025 |
| JRS 27 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on May 23, 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 22, 2025 |
| S 27 | An act relating to medical debt relief and excluding medical debt from credit reports | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 16, 2025 |
| JRS 26 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on May 16, 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 16, 2025 |
| SR 11 | 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). | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 13, 2025 |
| JRS 25 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on May 9, 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 8, 2025 |
| JRS 15 | 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 | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 6, 2025 |
| JRS 24 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on May 2, 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 1, 2025 |
| SR 13 | 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 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 30, 2025 |
| S 131 | An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington relating to the possession of firearms | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 30, 2025 |
| HCR 83 | House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2024 Green Mountain Council Class of Eagle Scouts | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| JRS 23 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 24, 2025 |
| JRS 22 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on April 18, 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 18, 2025 |
| HCR 91 | House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2025 Burlington High School Seahorses Division I championship boys’ basketball team | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2025 |
| HCR 90 | House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2025 Burlington High School Seahorses Division I championship girls’ basketball team | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2025 |
| JRS 21 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on April 11, 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 11, 2025 |
| S 143 | An act relating to expanding the membership and duties of the Advisory Council on Harassment, Hazing, and Bullying Prevention in Schools | Primary sponsor | Introduced | April 3, 2025 |
| JRS 20 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on April 4, 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 3, 2025 |
| JRS 19 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on March 28, 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 28, 2025 |
| JRS 18 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on March 21, 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 21, 2025 |
| JRS 17 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on March 14, 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 13, 2025 |
| SR 9 | Senate resolution relating to electronic participation in Senate Sessions | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 11, 2025 |
| SR 8 | Senate resolution relating to concurrently conducted electronic committee meetings | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 11, 2025 |
| S 105 | An act relating to exemptions from vehicle inspections | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 11, 2025 |
| S 103 | An act relating to updating the Periodic Inspection Manual | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 28, 2025 |
| HCR 30 | House concurrent resolution in memory of former Representative, House Republican Leader, and Milton Town Manager Donald H. Turner Jr. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 26, 2025 |
| S 81 | An act relating to prohibiting municipal regulation of the use of hygienic face masks | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 25, 2025 |
| JRS 14 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on February 21, 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 21, 2025 |
| S 78 | An act relating to the creation of the Vermont-Ireland Trade Commission | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 19, 2025 |
| SCR 2 | Senate concurrent resolution honoring the Vermont Old Cemetery Association | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 14, 2025 |
| JRS 13 | Joint resolution establishing a procedure for the conduct of the election of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College trustees by plurality vote by the General Assembly in 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | February 14, 2025 |
| JRS 12 | Joint resolution providing for the election of a Sergeant at Arms, and three trustees of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | February 14, 2025 |
| JRS 11 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on February 14, 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 14, 2025 |
| JRS 10 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on February 7, 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 7, 2025 |
| HCR 12 | House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2024 University of Vermont Catamounts on winning their school’s first NCAA Division I men’s soccer championship (College Cup) | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 7, 2025 |
| SR 7 | Senate resolution relating to adoption of a temporary Rule 44A | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 30, 2025 |
| JRS 9 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on January 31, 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 30, 2025 |
| JRS 8 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on January 24, 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 23, 2025 |
| JRS 6 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on January 17, 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 16, 2025 |
| JRS 5 | Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on January 10, 2025 | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 14, 2025 |
| SR 4 | Senate resolution relating to appointment of a committee to inform the Governor of the organization of the Senate | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 8, 2025 |
| SR 3 | Senate resolution relating to electronic participation in Senate Session | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 8, 2025 |
| SR 2 | Senate resolution relating to concurrently conducted electronic committee meetings | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 8, 2025 |
| SR 1 | Senate resolution relating to the rules of the Senate | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 8, 2025 |
| JRS 4 | Joint resolution relating to Town Meeting adjournment | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 8, 2025 |
| JRS 3 | Joint resolution to provide for a Joint Assembly to hear the inaugural message of the Governor | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 8, 2025 |
| JRS 2 | Joint resolution to provide for a Joint Assembly to receive the report of the committee appointed to canvass votes for state officers | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 8, 2025 |
| JRS 1 | Joint resolution relating to joint rules | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 8, 2025 |