# Larry Hart

Larry Hart is a Republican member of the Vermont Senate for district Orange.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Vermont Senate, district Orange
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: VT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c5bca102-7637-45de-90fb-183c2c024f43

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c5bca102-7637-45de-90fb-183c2c024f43 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Hart has served since 2025.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.09), from 33 donors and 19 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VT 2025–26 session)

25 roll calls. Attendance 96.0% (Vermont Senate 98.0%). Party unity 100% (94.5%). 1 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-06-16 · voted yea · Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 17, Nays = 12 · H 454 An act relating to transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H454/
- 2025-06-16 · voted yea · Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0 · S 51 An act relating to Vermont income tax exclusions and tax credits · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/S51/
- 2025-06-16 · voted yea · Roll Call, requested by Senator Gulick, Passed -- Needed 22 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 26, Nays = 3 · H 454 An act relating to transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H454/
- 2025-05-23 · voted yea · Roll Call, requested by Senator Ingalls, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 13, Nays = 17 · H 454 An act relating to transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems · fail · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H454/
- 2025-05-07 · voted yea · Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence on roll call, requested by Senator Baruth, Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 26, Nays = 2 · H 491 An act relating to setting the homestead property tax yields and the nonhomestead property tax rate · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H491/
- 2025-05-01 · voted yea · Roll Call, requested by Senator Beck, Failed -- Needed 23 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 13, Nays = 17 · H 493 An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government · fail · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H493/
- 2025-05-01 · voted yea · Roll Call, requested by Senator Ingalls, Failed -- Needed 23 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 14, Nays = 16 · H 493 An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government · fail · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H493/
- 2025-05-01 · voted nay · Passed on roll call, requested by Senator Ram Hinsdale, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 20, Nays = 10 · H 493 An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H493/
- 2025-04-29 · voted not voting · 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 24, Nays = 5 · SR 13 Senate resolution strongly objecting to the manner and circumstances under which U.S. immigration authorities arrested and detained Mohsen Mahdawi and… · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/SR13/
- 2025-04-17 · voted yea · 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 · S 124 An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/S124/

## Legislation (VT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 27 bills: 27 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 0. 51.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Vermont Senate 55.0%; rank 16 of 30).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 17: Senate resolution honoring the outstanding legislative staff service of Chrissy Gilhuly and extending to her best wishes for future success (passed one chamber, 2025-06-16) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/SR17/
- S 157: An act relating to recovery residence certification (became law, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/S157/
- SR 15: Senate resolution urging that all State agencies, departments, and offices protect the civil rights, medical confidentiality, and all aspects of personal… (in committee, 2025-05-30) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/SR15/
- HCR 96: House concurrent resolution congratulating the Thetford Academy Panthers Division III boys’ basketball team on their second consecutive championship (passed one chamber, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR96/
- HCR 90: House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2025 Burlington High School Seahorses Division I championship girls’ basketball team (passed one chamber, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR90/
- HCR 83: House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2024 Green Mountain Council Class of Eagle Scouts (passed one chamber, 2025-04-25) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR83/
- HCR 91: House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2025 Burlington High School Seahorses Division I championship boys’ basketball team (passed one chamber, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR91/
- HCR 66: House concurrent resolution celebrating the role of tourism in the Vermont economy and designating April 10, 2025 as Tourism Economy Day at the State House (passed one chamber, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR66/
- HCR 68: House concurrent resolution celebrating the role of the manufacturing industry in the Vermont economy and designating April 2, 2025 as Manufacturing Day at… (passed one chamber, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR68/
- 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… (passed one chamber, 2025-05-13) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/SR11/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $28.0K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.vermont.gov/people/single/2026/40393
- Campaign site: https://larryhartforvermontsenate.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001101228018
- Facebook: https://larryhartforvermontsenate.com/#
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larryhartsr/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larry-hart-sr-5a0831b8/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c5bca102-7637-45de-90fb-183c2c024f43