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VermontH.4742025-2026 SessionHouseWALLET
An act relating to miscellaneous changes to election law
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
7 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 5 mixed.
Split-district towns must check voter lists
Local election boards and town clerks in towns split among state House or Senate districts must check voter lists against district boundaries. The law sets September 15, 2025, as the audit deadline. Town clerks must send written summaries to the Elections Division by October 1, 2025. The Secretary of State must report findings to the designated legislative committees by November 15, 2025. The Elections Division must notify covered officials and provide support and training.
Voters face fines for duplicate voting
Vermont voters who knowingly vote more than once in a Vermont election face fines. The maximum is $1,000 for primary or general elections and $100 for local elections. The rule also covers voting in Vermont and another state or territory for the same office in the same or equivalent election. The law separately repeals the older rule titled “voting in more than one place.”
Election ads must identify their funders
Independent-spending committees paying for covered election ads must identify the payer by name and mailing address. Ads must also identify contributors who gave both more than 25% of total contributions and more than $2,000 during the two-year election cycle. Radio, television, and online video ads require an audio statement naming the payer. When the payer is a committee, the statement must name its treasurer and title.
Election committees face new payment rules
Independent-spending committees must generally pay expenses from a designated campaign checking account by check, card, or electronic transfer. Expenses under $250 can be paid in cash from that account, with receipts kept at least two years after the cycle ends. Self-funded individuals do not need a campaign checking account but must follow the other rules. Contributions count when deposited or five business days after receipt, whichever comes first. Monetary contributions over $100 must use a check, card, or electronic transfer.
Election committees must account for leftovers
Independent-spending committees without a final report must file an end-of-cycle report by December 15 after the general election. It must account for contributions and spending since the last report. A committee can file a final report at any time to end campaign activity. That report must account for activity since the last report and dispose of surplus funds. Members of political and independent-spending committees cannot turn surplus funds into personal money after campaign debts are paid.
Election groups report at lower thresholds
Independent-spending committees are included in campaign reporting and treasurer truth-certification and signature requirements. For covered local-election activity, committees and parties must report at $500 in contributions or spending, down from $1,000. Political action and independent-spending committees spending $500 to influence an election or public question report 30 days before, 10 days before, and two weeks after the election. Covered entities otherwise not required to report must affirm they did not carry over surplus or meet the contribution or spending triggers. The law repeals the separate reporting rule for candidates below the monetary threshold.
More election groups must register sooner
Campaign rules now cover organized or coordinated election or public-question activity by one person, not just groups. Political committees can be formal or informal, include one person, and receive or spend any amount during a two-year election cycle; political parties are excluded. Independent-spending committees include self-funded individuals and organizations, but must act entirely independently of candidates, avoid contributions or related spending for candidates, committees, or parties, and meet limits on close ties to parties or candidate-supporting committees. Covered committees must register within 10 days after receiving or spending $500, down from $1,000, and identify their campaign account and treasurer; self-funded individuals are exempt from those identification requirements. Committees with an out-of-state main office or treasurer must name a Vermont resident to receive legal notices.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/25/2025
Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 72 of 143 to Pass -- Yeas = 36, Nays = 107
Yes: 36 • No: 107 • Other: 1
Actions Timeline
House message: Governor approved bill on June 25, 2025
6/16/2025HouseSigned by Governor on June 25, 2025
6/16/2025HouseDelivered to Governor on June 19, 2025
6/16/2025HouseHouse message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
6/16/2025HouseRep. McCoy of Poultney moved to deliver the bill to the Governor forthwith, which was agreed to
6/16/2025HouseSenate proposal of amendment concurred in
6/16/2025HouseRules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration, pending entry on Notice Calendar, as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
6/16/2025HouseSenate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
6/16/2025SenateRules suspended & action messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Collamore
6/16/2025SenateRead 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
6/16/2025SenateRules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Collamore
6/16/2025Senate3rd reading ordered
6/16/2025SenateProposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations, as amended, agreed to
6/16/2025SenateProposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amended as moved by Senator(s) Collamore
6/16/2025SenateRead 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations
6/16/2025SenateFavorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
6/16/2025SenateSecond Reading
6/16/2025SenateFavorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
6/13/2025SenateSecond Reading
6/13/2025SenateEntered on Notice Calendar
6/13/2025SenateRead 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations
3/28/2025SenateRead third time and passed
3/26/2025HouseAction Calendar: Third Reading
3/26/2025HouseThird Reading ordered
3/25/2025HouseRep. McCoy of Poultney, Toof of St. Albans Town, and Higley of Lowell moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
3/25/2025House
Bill Text
As Enacted (ACT 70)Opens in a new window
7/3/2025
As Passed by Both Chambers
6/18/2025
As Passed by Both Chambers (Unofficial)
6/18/2025
Senate Proposal of Amendment
6/18/2025
Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)
6/18/2025
As Passed by the House
3/27/2025
As Passed by the House (Unofficial)
3/27/2025
As Introduced
3/13/2025
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