Governor of Vermont

Phil Scott

Republican · Vermont

82nd Governor of Vermont, in office since 2017. Former Lieutenant Governor and race car driver. Most popular governor in the nation by approval rating at various points. Pro-choice Republican who supports stricter gun laws and climate action, rare for his party.

Record

Most moderate Republican governor in America. Supports abortion rights, universal background checks, and climate action in liberal Vermont. Maintains fiscal conservatism and low-tax approach. Among the most popular and bipartisan governors in the nation.

Legislative Record

Recently signed into law

• VT H.454 — Education Transformation Act (Signed into law, Jul 1, 2025)
  Landmark education reform consolidating Vermont's 100+ school districts into larger regional bodies and moving the state to a new education funding formula, with the goal of stabilizing rising property taxes driven by 2024 funding-formula changes.
• VT H.491 — Homestead Yields and Nonhomestead Property Tax Rates (Signed into law, May 19, 2025)
  Sets Vermont's homestead property tax yields and nonhomestead property tax rate for the year; included as a 'bridge' while broader education-funding reform is implemented.

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