Roll Call! House Supports 0.5% Property Transfer Tax on Transactions over $1 million (53-94), 2021

H.437 – AN ACT RELATING TO CHANGES THAT AFFECT THE REVENUE OF THE STATE, SCHEUERMANN AMENDMENT

FAILED
in the State House of Representatives
on March 25, 2021, by a vote of
53-94

Purpose: To remove a provision in the revenue bill (H.437) that would add an additional 0.5% property transfer tax on real estate transactions of $1 million or more.

Analysis: Those voting NO on the Scheuermann Amendment favored keeping the new/increased tax in the bill. They believe spending the revenue generated from the new tax on a program to increase the supply and quality of low income housing is worth any negative economic impact.

Those voting YES were in favor of removing the tax increase from the bill, citing that the majority of real estate transactions over $1 million were not the sale/purchase of private homes impacting “the rich”, but rather business transactions impacting, farms, retail outlets, restaurants, manufacturing facilities, etc. This tax would be another disincentive for businesses to come to Vermont, and make it more difficult for existing businesses to act with flexibility as they try to recover from the Covid shutdown.  

As Recorded in the House Journal, Thursday, March 25, 2021: "Shall the bill be amended as offered by Rep. Scheuermann of Stowe? was decided in the negative. Yeas, 53. Nays, 94." (Read the Journal, p. 500 - 508). Watch the floor debate on YouTube.

How They Voted
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Sally Achey (R - Middletown Springs) – YES
Janet Ancel (D – Calais) – NO
Peter Anthony (D – Barre) – NO
Norman Arrison (D - Weathersfield) – YES
Sarita Austin (D – Colchester) – NO
John Bartholomew (D – Hartland) – NO
Lynn Batchelor (R – Derby) – YES
Scott Beck (R – St. Johnsbury) – NO
Matthew Birong (D – Vergennes) – NO
Alyssa Black (D - Essex) – NO
Tiffany Bluemle (D - Burlington) – NO
Thomas Bock (D – Chester) – NO
Seth Bongartz (D - Manchester) – NO
Michelle Bos-Lun (D - Westminster) – NO
Erin Brady (D - Williston) – NO
Patrick Brennan (R – Colchester) – YES
Timothy Briglin (D – Thetford) – NO
Jana Brown (D – Richmond) – NO
Nelson Brownell (D – Pownal) – NO
Jessica Brumsted (D – Shelburne) – NO
Thomas Burditt (R – West Rutland) – YES
Mollie Burke (P/D – Brattleboro) – NO
Elizabeth Burrows (P/D - West Windsor) – NO
Scott Campbell (D – St. Johnsbury) – NO
Bill Canfield (R – Fair Haven) – YES
Seth Chase (D – Colchester) –  NO
Kevin “Coach” Christie (D – Hartford) – NO
Brian Cina (P/D – Burlington) – NO
Sara Coffey (D – Guilford) – NO
Selene Colburn (P/D – Burlington) – NO
Hal Colston (D – Winooski) – NO
Peter Conlon (D – Cornwall) – NO
Sarah Copeland-Hanzas (D – Bradford) – NO
Timothy Corcoran (D – Bennington) – YES
Mari Cordes (D/P – Lincoln) – NO
Lawrence Cupoli (R – Rutland) – YES
Lynn Dickinson (R – St. Albans) – YES
Karen Dolan (D - Essex) – NO
Kari Dolan (D – Waitsfield) – NO
Kate Donnally (D - Hyde Park) – YES
Anne Donahue (R – Northfield) – NO
David Durfee (D – Shaftsbury) – NO
Caleb Elder (D – Starksboro) – NO
Alice Emmons (D – Springfield) – NO
Peter Fagan (R – Rutland) – YES
Martha Feltus (R – Lyndon) – YES
John Gannon (D – Wilmington) –  YES
Leslie Goldman (D - Bellows Falls) – NO
Kenneth Goslant (R – Northfield) – YES
Maxine Grad (D – Moretown) – NO
Rodney Graham (R – Williamstown) – YES
James Gregoire (R – Fairfield) –  YES
Lisa Hango (R – Birkshire) – YES
James Harrison (R – Chittenden) – YES
Robert Helm (R – Fair Haven) – YES
Mark Higley (R – Lowell) – YES
Robert Hooper (D – Burlington) – NO
Mary Hooper (D – Montpelier) – NO
Philip Hooper (D – Randolph) – NO
Lori Houghton (D – Essex) – NO
Mary Howard (D – Rutland) – NO
Kathleen James (D – Manchester) – NO
Stephanie Jerome (D – Brandon) – NO
Kimberly Jessup (D – Middlesex) – NO
John Killacky (D – S. Burlington) – NO
Charles Kimbell (D – Woodstock) – YES
Warren Kitzmiller (D – Montpelier) – NO
Emilie Kornheiser (D – Brattleboro) – NO
Jill Krowinski (D – Burlington) – PRESIDING
Robert LaClair (R – Barre) – YES
Martin LaLonde (D – S. Burlington) – NO
Diane Lanpher (D – Vergennes) – NO
Paul Lefebvre (R – Newark) – YES
Samantha Lefebvre (R - Orange) – YES
Felisha Leffler (R – Esburgh) – YES

William Lippert (D – Hinesburg) – NO
Emily Long (D – Newfane) – NO
Michael Marcotte (R – Coventry) – YES 
Marcia Martel (R – Waterford) – YES
Paul Martin (R - Franklin) – YES
James Masland (D – Thetford) – NO
Christopher Mattos (R – Milton) – YES
Michael McCarthy (D – St. Albans) – NO

Curtis McCormack (D – Burlington) – NO
Patricia McCoy (R – Poultney) – YES
James McCullough (D – Williston) – NO
Francis McFaun (R – Barre) – YES
Leland Morgan (R – Milton) – YES
Michael Morgan (R - Milton) – YES
Kristi Morris (D – Springfield) – NO
Mary Morrissey (R – Bennington) – YES
Michael Mrowicki (D – Putney) – NO
Emma Mulvaney-Stanak (D - Burlington) - NO
Barbara Murphy (I – Fairfax) – YES
Logan Nicoll (D – Ludlow) – NO
Michael Nigro (D - Bennington) – NO
Robert Norris (R - Sheldon) - ABSENT
Terry Norris (I – Shoreham) – YES
William Notte (D – Rutland) – NO
Daniel Noyes (D – Wolcott) – NO
John O’Brien (D – Tunbridge) – NO
Carol Ode (D – Burlington) – NO
“Woody” Page (R – Newport) – YES
Kelly Pajala (I – Londonderry) – YES
John Palasik (R – Milton) –YES
Joseph Parsons (R – Newbury) – YES
Carolyn Partridge (D – Windham) – NO
Avram Patt (D – Worcester) – NO
Henry Pearl (D - Danville) – NO
Arthur Peterson (R - Clarendon) – YES
Ann Pugh (D – S. Burlington) – NO
Barbara Rachelson (D/P – Burlington) – NO
Marybeth Redmond (D – Essex) – NO
Lucy Rogers (D – Waterville) – NO
Carl Rosenquist (R – Georgia) – YES
Larry Satcowitz (D - Randolph) – NO
Brian Savage (R – Swanton) – YES
Robin Scheu (D – Middlebury) – NO
Heidi Scheuermann (R – Stowe) – YES
Patrick Seymour (R – Sutton) – NO
Charles “Butch” Shaw (R – Pittsford) – YES
Amy Sheldon (D – Middlebury) – NO
Laura Sibilia (I – Dover) – YES
Katherine Sims (D - Craftsbury) – NO
Taylor Small (P/D - Winooski) – YES
Brian Smith (R – Derby) – YES
Harvey Smith (R – New Haven) – YES
Trevor Squirrell (D – Underhill) – NO
Gabrielle Stebbins (D - Burlington) - NO
Thomas Stevens (D – Waterbury) – NO
Vicki Strong (R – Albany) – YES
Linda Joy Sullivan (D – Dorset) – YES
Heather Suprenant (D - Barnard) – NO
Curt Taylor (D – Colchester) – NO
Thomas Terenzini (R – Rutland) – YES
George Till (D – Jericho) – NO
Tristan Toleno (D – Brattleboro) – NO
Casey Toof (R – St. Albans) – YES
Maida Townsend (D – South) – NO
Joseph “Chip” Troiano (D – Stannard) – NO
Tanya Vyhovsky (P/D - Essex) –NO 
Tommy Walz (D – Barre) – NO

Kathryn Webb (D – Shelburne) – NO
Kirk White (P/D - Bethel) – NO
Rebecca White (D – Hartford) – NO
Dane Whitman (D - Bennington) – NO
Terri Lynn Williams (R - Granby) – YES
Theresa Wood (D – Waterbury) – NO
David Yacovone (D – Morristown) – ABSENT
Michael Yantachka (D – Charlotte) – NO


 

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