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Veto Messages: 1839-


Complementing the list below, please see Vermont Governor Veto Messages, 1839 - present.

  1. 1839 (H.6): Memphremagog Literary & Theological Seminary
  2. 1845 (H. 36): Guy C. Sampson*
  3. 1848 (H. 97): National Life Insurance Co.
  4. 1855 (S. 9): Chapt. 38 of Comp. Statutes Relating to Ejectment
  5. 1858 (H.237): Vermont/Canada Railroad Company
  6. 1865 (S. 10): Caledonia Manufacturing Co.
  7. 1865 (H. 11): Chapter 121/General Statutes
  8. 1866 (H.141): Cambridgeport Quarrying & Manufacturing Co.
  9. 1867 (H.114): Hyde Park Mining Co.
  10. 1867 (S. 24): U.S. Peat Fuel Co.
  11. 1867 (S. 66): Green Mountain Quarrying Co.
  12. 1868 (H.117): Election of Electors
  13. 1869 (S. 15): Alburgh, Highgate, Plattsburgh Steamboat Co.
  14. 1869 (H. 67): Jurisdiction of Constables
  15. 1869 (H. 85): Collection of Taxes
  16. 1869 (S. 40): Of the Grand List
  17. 1869 (H.104): Ditches and Water Courses
  18. 1870 (S.153): State Treasurer Salary
  19. 1874 (H. 51): Frontier Navigation & Transportation Co.
  20. 1874 (H.171): E.T. Fairbanks Co.
  21. 1874 (H.127): Vermont Mortgage Co.
  22. 1874 (H.381): Burlington Bank Co.
  23. 1878 (S.121): Payment due Soldiers of late War
  24. 1880 (H. 2): Duties of State's Attorneys
  25. 1882 (S. 43): Rutland County National Bank
  26. 1884 (H.185): St. Albans School District
  27. 1884 (H.328): Springfield Village Highways
  28. 1884 (H.463): Morrisville Aqueduct Co.
  29. 1886 (H. 60): Court of Chancery
  30. 1886 (S. 56): Grand List of Bloomfield
  31. 1886 (H.329): Grand List of Newport
  32. 1886 (H.219): Springfield Railroad Co.
  33. 1886 (S. 79): Scientific Temperance in Public Schools
  34. 1888 (S. 45): State Board of Health
  35. 1892 (H.205): Ludlow Savings Bank and Trust Co.
  36. 1900 (H.242): Central Vermont Railway *
  37. 1904 (S.105): Relating to Fees of Witnesses
  38. 1910 (H. 30): E.T. Fairbanks Co.
  39. 1910 (H. 63): State Board of Health
  40. 1910 (H.342): Railroad Corporations
  41. 1910 (S.73): Examination of Tax Inventories
  42. 1910 (H.265): Embalming Practice
  43. 1910 (H.126): Capital Punishment
  44. 1911 (H.394): Service of Process Regulations
  45. 1911 (H.691): Taxation of Personal Property/Money Rates
  46. 1913 (H.371): E.T. Fairbanks Co.
  47. 1913 (S. 79): Sterilization of the Criminally Insane
  48. 1913 (S.132): Brattleboro Retreat Aid
  49. 1913 (H.429): Office of Criminal Identification
  50. 1915 (S. 86): Unclaimed Deposits/Savings & Trusts
  51. 1915 (S.106): Railroad Construction Time
  52. 1917 (H.300): State Board of Health
  53. 1917 (H.434): State Militia
  54. 1919 (S. 8): Women Voting Rights/President
  55. 1919 (S. 67): Bond Issue/ Tuberculosis Hospitals
  56. 1919 (H.207): Barge Terminal / Port of Burlington
  57. 1919 (H.199): Bond Issue/ Port of Burlington
  58. 1919 (S. 95): Railroad Grade Crossings
  59. 1921 (S. 23): Husband / Wife Real Estate Act
  60. 1921 (S. 22): Homestead Act*
  61. 1921 (H.360): Minors-Contracts Act
  62. 1921 (S. 85): Mentally Defective Persons Act
  63. 1921 (H.329): County Clerk Fees Act
  64. 1923 (S. 4): Milk Act
  65. 1923 (H.31): Congregational Church of Winooski Act
  66. 1925 (H.254): Intangibles Tax Act*
  67. 1927 (H. 21): Outdoor Advertising Act
  68. 1929 (S. 65): Sale of intoxicating Liquor Act
  69. 1931 (H. 21): Glenn E. Jackman Payment
  70. 1935 (H. 25): Essex County Fish Facilities
  71. 1945 (H.149): Weeks School Act
  72. 1949 (H.138): Peddler's Revision Act
  73. 1953 (S.15): Appropriations for Castleton State College
  74. 1957 (S. 73): Forest Camp School Act
  75. 1957 (S. 76): Office of State Comptroller
  76. 1957 (H.106): U.V.M. Appropriations Act
  77. 1965 (H.86): Emergency Medical Care Act
  78. 1968 (H.386): Respondent Plead Time Act
  79. 1971 (H.288): Employment Security Benefits
  80. 1973 (S. 45): Groton State Forest Act
  81. 1974 (H.334): Election Reform Act
  82. 1975 (S.12): Administrative Procedures Act
  83. 1975 (H. 51): Election Reform Act
  84. 1975 (S. 36): Health Insurance Act
  85. 1977 (H.156): Emergency Medical Care Act
  86. 1978 (H.740): Parimutuel Pools & Grayhound & Horse Racing Act
  87. 1980 (S.248): Administrative Rulemaking Act
  88. 1981 (H.217): Sales and Use Tax Act*
  89. 1982 (H.188): Drinking Age Adjustment Act
  90. 1983 (H.248): Drinking Age Adjustment Act
  91. 1986 (H.678): Administrative Procedures Act
  92. 1986 (H.249): Open Meetings Act
  93. 1986 (H.751): Waste-To-Energy Facilities Act
  94. 1988 (H. 45): Sailboard Requirement Act
  95. 1988 (H.533): Motor Fuel Tax and Dealers Act
  96. 1989 (S. 28): Medicaid Reimbursement Rates Act
  97. 1990 (H.698): Budget Adjustment Act*
  98. 1990 (H.767): Length of Tractor Trailer Trucks Act
  99. 1991 (H.536): Simulcast Racing / Betting
  1. 1991 (S.157): Import & Export of Domestic Animals
  2. 1992 (H.344): Sale of Sparklers
  3. 1992 (H.607): Taking of Moose/Deer for Crop/Property Damage
  4. 1993 (H.138): Seal of Quality
  5. 1993 (S.107): Management & Disposal of Waste Oil
  6. 1993 (S.179): Town Highway Resurfacing & Reconstruction
  7. 1994 (H.348): Working Farm Tax Abatement Program
  8. 1994 (H.367): Act 250 Highway Reconstruction
  9. 1994 (H.485): Interpreter Referral Service
  10. 1994 (H.506): Private Detective & Security Services
  11. 1994 (H.866): Alteration of Village Boundaries
  12. 1994 (H.867): GIS Mapping of Wetlands
  13. 1994 (S.101): Pharmaceutical Services & Health Insurance
  14. 1994 (S. 78): Water / Sewer Systems in Mobile Home Parks
  15. 1994 (S.326): Fire Service Training Council
  16. 1994 (S. 33): Act 200 Regional Planning Commissions, etc.
  17. 1994 (S.285): Deferred Sentences
  18. 1995 (H.219): Regional Planning Approvals Under Act 200
  19. 1995 (H.434): Municipal Enforcement of Motor Vehicle Laws
  20. 1996 (S.318): Waste Management Professional Disqualifications
  21. 2000 (S.237): Relating to Minors and Alcohol
  22. 2002 (S.151): Relating to Abandoned Motor Vehicles
  23. 2003 (H. 26): Relating to Candidate Qualifications
  24. 2003 (S.114): Relating to Access to Juvenile Proceedings
  25. 2004 (H.780): An Act Relating to Insurance
  26. 2005 (S. 74): Relating to the Allocation of the Assets of the State Teachers' Retirement System of Vermont, the Vermont State Employees' Retirement System, and the Vermont Municipal Employees' Retirement System
  27. 2005 (H.524): Relating to Universal Access to Health Care in Vermont
  28. 2006 (H.865): An Act Relating to Nondiscrimination
  29. 2006 (S. 18): An Act Relating to Liability Resulting from the Use of Genetically Engineered Seeds and Plant Parts.
  30. 2007 (H.302): An Act Relating to Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Adjustment
  31. 2007 (S.164): An Act Relating to Campaign Finance
  32. 2007 (H.520): An Act Relating to the Conservation of Energy and Increasing the Generation of Electricity within the State by use of Renewable Resources
  33. 2008 (S.108): An Act Relating to the Election of U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator by the Instant- Run Off Voting Method
  34. 2008 (S.278): An Act Relating to Financing Campaigns
  35. 2008 (S.373): An Act Relating to Full Funding of Decommissioning Costs of a Nuclear Plant
  36. 2008 (S.270): An Act Relating to the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President By National Popular Vote.
  37. 2008 (H.203): An Act Relating to the Disposition of Property Upon Death, Transfer of Interest in Vehicle Upon Death and Homestead Exemption.
  38. 2009 (S.115): An Act Relating to Civil Marriage*
  39. 2009 (H.436): An Act Relating to Decommissioning Funds of Nuclear Energy Generation.
  40. 2009 (H.441): An Act Making Appropriations for the Support of Government*
  41. 2010 (H.485): An Act Relating to the Use Value Appraisal Program.
  42. 2011 (S.77): An Act Relating to Water Testing of Private Wells.
  43. 2012 (H.290): An Act Relating to Adult Protective Services.
  44. 2016 (H.518): An Act Relating to the Membership of the Clean Water Fund Board
  45. 2016 (S.230): An Act Relating to Improving the Siting of Energy Projects
  46. 2017 (S.22): An Act Relating to Eliminating Penalties for Possession of Limited Amounts of Marijuana by Adults 21 Years of Age and Older
  47. 2017 (H.509): An Act Relating to Calculating Statewide Tax Rates
  48. 2017 (H.518): An Act Relating to Making Appropriations for the Support of Government
  49. 2018 (S.103): An Act Relating to the Regulation of Toxic Substances and Hazardous Materials
  50. 2018 (S.40): An Act Relating to Increasing the Minimum Wage
  51. 2018 (S.105): An Act Relating to Consumer Justice Enforcement
  52. 2018 (S.197): An Act Relating to Liability for Toxic Substance Exposures or Releases
  53. 2018 (S.222): An Act Relating to Miscellaneous Judiciary Procedures
  54. 2018 (S.273): An Act Relating to Miscellaneous Law Enforcement Amendments
  55. 2018 (S.281): An Act Relating to the Mitigation of Systemic Racism
  56. 2018 (H.196): An Act Relating to Paid Family Leave
  57. 2018 (H.911): An Act Relating to Changes in Vermont’s Personal Income Tax and Education Financing System
  58. 2018 (H.924): An Act Relating to Making Appropriations for the Support of Government
  59. 2018 Special Session (H.13): An Act Relating to Making Appropriations for the Support of Government
  60. 2019 (S.169): An Act Relating to Firearms Procedures
  61. 2019 (S.37): An Act Relating to Medical Monitoring
  62. 2020 (H.107): An Act Relating to Paid Family and Medical Leave
  63. 2020 (S.23): An act Relating to Increasing the Minimum Wage*
  64. 2020 (H.668): An Act Relating to Addressing Climate Change*
  65. 2020 (H.926): An act relating to changes to Act 250
  66. 2021 (S.107): An act relating to confidential information concerning the initial arrest and charge of a juvenile
  67. 2021 (H.177): An Act Relating to Approval of an Amendment to the Charter of the City of Montpelier*
  68. 2021 (H.227): An Act Relating to Approval of Amendments to the Charter of the City of Winooski*
  69. 2021 (S.79): An Act Relating to Improving Rental Housing and Safety.
  70. 2022 (H.157): An Act Relating to Registration of Contractors.
  71. 2022 (S.30): An Act Relating to Prohibiting Possession of Firearms Within Hospital Buildings.
  72. 2022 (H.361): An Act Relating to Approval of Amendments to the Charter of the Town of Brattleboro.
  1. 2022 (S.286): An Act Relating to Amending Various Public Pension and Other Postemployment Benefits*
  2. 2022 (H.708): An Act Relating to Approval of Amendments to the Charter of the City of Burlington.
  3. 2022 (H.715): An Act Relating to the Clean Heat Standard.
  4. 2022 (H.505): An Act Relating to the Creation of the Drug Use Standards Advisory Board Within the Vermont Sentencing Commission.
  5. 2022 (H.534): An Act Relating to Expanding Eligibility for Expungement and Sealing of Criminal History Records for Nonviolent Offenses.
  6. 2022 (S.234): An Act Relating to Changes to Act 250.
  7. 2022 (H.606): An Act Relating to Community Resilience and Biodiversity Protection.
  8. 2022 (H.728): An Act Relating to Opioid Overdose Response Services.
  9. 2023 (S.005): An Act Relating to Affordably Meeting the Mandated Greenhouse Gas Reductions for the Thermal Sector Through Efficiency, Weatherization Measures, Electrification, and Decarbonization.*
  10. 2023 (H.386): An Act Relating to Approval of Amendments to the Charter of the Town of Brattleboro.*
  11. 2023 (H.494): An Act Relating to Making Appropriations for the Support of Government.*
  12. 2023 (H.509): An Act Relating to Approval of Amendments to the Voter Qualification Provisions of the Charter of the City of Burlington.*
  13. 2023 (S.39): An Act Relating to Compensation and Benefits for Members of the Vermont General Assembly.
  14. 2023 (H.305): An Act Relating to Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation.*
  15. 2023 (S.6): An Act Relating to Law Enforcement Interrogation Policies.
  16. 2023 (H.217): An Act Relating to Child Care, Early Education, Workers’ Compensation, and Unemployment Insurance.*
  17. 2023 (H.158): An Act Relating to the Beverage Container Redemption System.
  18. 2024 (S.18): An act relating to banning flavored tobacco products and e-liquids.
  19. 2024 (H.706): An act relating to banning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides.*
  20. 2024 (H.289): An Act Relating to the Renewable Energy Standard.*
  21. 2024 (H.72): An act relating to harm-reduction criminal justice response to drug use.*
  22. 2024 (H.645): An act relating to the expansion of approaches to restorative justice.*
  23. 2024 (H.887): An act relating to homestead property tax yields, nonhomestead rates, and policy changes to education finance and taxation.*
  24. 2024 (H.121): An act relating to enhancing consumer privacy and the age-appropriate design code.
  25. 2024 (H.687): An act relating to community resilience and biodiversity protection through land use*.

(Messages marked with an asterisk * indicate the Legislature’s vote to override the veto was successful and the bill was enacted into Law)

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