This bill was about making sure Vermont sets guardrails before billion-dollar corporations arrive from out-of-state demanding exceptions, subsidies, and weaker oversight.
Every child in Vermont deserves a fair shot.
Treasurer Mike Pieciak is launching a Baby Bonds pilot program in the Northeast Kingdom — helping kids start building wealth from the day they’re born.
Governor Scott vetoed what would have been one of the strongest AI data center safeguard laws in the country. He sided with Big Tech and Koch-backed special interests over Vermonters.
Vermont Republican State Senator Steven Heffernan stood on the Vermont Senate floor last week and compared transgender people to animals. Repeatedly. Even after being corrected on the law.
And he did it as a “warning” about what Proposal 4, Vermont's equal protection amendment, would bring.
Governor Phil Scott endorsed Senator Heffernan in 2024. Campaigned with him. Donated to him. This is who Governor Scott chose to put in power.
This November, Vermonters vote on Proposal 4 — and on who represents them in Montpelier. The stakes couldn't be more clear.
Senator Heffernan (R - Addison District) made comments during debate on H. 578 — a bill about animal cruelty — to suggest transgender identity was comparable to “identifying as an animal,” while conflating bestiality and Vermont’s protections for LGBTQ+ people.
Instead, Scott rejected those safeguards, drawing praise from Americans for Prosperity — a massive corporate right-wing dark money machine.
The Vermont legislature had approved H.727 with overwhelming bipartisan support.
H.727 was designed to ensure that industrial AI data centers cannot drive up costs for working families and local communities. The bill included protections against pollution, environmental damage, unchecked energy use that would increase bills for Vermonters, and other negative impacts.
With this new initiative, we’re taking a major step toward:
✔️ Reducing generational poverty
✔️ Strengthening rural communities
✔️ Giving young Vermonters a reason to stay and build their future here
Vermont Democrats are taking action to build an economy that works for everyone.
