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Bob Norris

Bob Norris

Republican State Senate · District Franklin · Vermont

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Sponsored bills (66)

Bills this legislator primary-sponsored. Data from OpenStates.

  • S 64 An act relating to amendments to the scope of practice for optometrists · Became Law · May 29, 2026
  • S 157 An act relating to recovery residence certification · Became Law · May 20, 2026
  • HCR 297 House concurrent resolution honoring Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department Director of Fisheries Eric Palmer and extending future best wishes · Passed Legislature · May 15, 2026
  • HCR 292 House concurrent resolution congratulating Elaine Larivee of Enosburg Falls on her centennial birthday · Passed One Chamber · May 8, 2026
  • HCR 259 House concurrent resolution congratulating Terese Black on being named the 2026 Vermont Mother of the Year · Passed One Chamber · May 8, 2026
  • HCR 279 House concurrent resolution honoring General Assembly Head Doorkeeper Michael G. Wiater and his wife, Sergeant at Arms Administrative Assistant Donna Wiater, for their dedicated State public service and extending future best wishes · Passed One Chamber · May 7, 2026
  • HCR 282 House concurrent resolution honoring General Assembly Doorkeeper Dennis Miles for his superb dedication to serving the General Assembly and all Vermonters · Passed One Chamber · May 7, 2026
  • S 183 An act relating to home improvement and land improvement fraud · Vetoed · Apr 28, 2026
  • HCR 264 House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2026 Richford High School Rockets Division IV championship girls’ basketball team · Passed One Chamber · Apr 28, 2026
  • HCR 253 House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2025 Green Mountain Council Class of Eagle Scouts · Passed One Chamber · Apr 24, 2026
  • SR 24 Senate resolution reaffirming the abiding friendship between the State of Vermont and the Republic of China (Taiwan) on the 27th anniversary of the Vermont-Taiwan sister-state relationship and supporting enhanced Vermont-Taiwan bilateral relations and Taiwan’s participation in international organizations · Introduced · Mar 27, 2026
  • SCR 7 Senate concurrent resolution designating October 5, 2026, as Italian American Day in Vermont. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 17, 2026
  • S 23 An act relating to the use of synthetic media in elections · Became Law · Mar 11, 2026
  • HCR 178 House concurrent resolution in memory of former Senator William H. Carris of Wells · Passed One Chamber · Feb 27, 2026
  • HCR 196 House concurrent resolution honoring U.S. Army Major General and Vermont Adjutant and Inspector General Gregory Knight on his exemplary service on behalf of our State and nation · Passed One Chamber · Feb 19, 2026
  • HCR 164 House concurrent resolution congratulating the St. Albans Town Fire Department on 50 years of remarkable community service · Passed One Chamber · Feb 13, 2026
  • HCR 189 House concurrent resolution designating February 11, 2026, as Disability Advocacy Day at the State House · Passed One Chamber · Feb 11, 2026
  • HCR 185 House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2025 Colchester Majors’ Division I championship Little League Baseball team · Passed One Chamber · Feb 6, 2026
  • S 310 An act relating to subscription renewal notifications · Introduced · Jan 27, 2026
  • S 303 An act relating to administration of the three-acre stormwater discharge permit · Introduced · Jan 23, 2026
  • S 281 An act relating to the Zero-Carbon Nuclear Feasibility Study for Vermont · Introduced · Jan 21, 2026
  • S 222 An act relating to survivor and disability benefits for emergency personnel · Introduced · Jan 8, 2026
  • 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 · Jun 16, 2025
  • S 51 An act relating to Vermont income tax exclusions and tax credits · Became Law · Jun 16, 2025
  • S 45 An act relating to protection from nuisance suits for agricultural activities · Became Law · Jun 13, 2025
  • SR 15 Senate resolution urging that all State agencies, departments, and offices protect the civil rights, medical confidentiality, and all aspects of personal privacy of Vermonters who have been diagnosed with autism in light of the Secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services’ recently announced plans to establish an autism research database and other databases related to autism · Introduced · May 30, 2025
  • S 27 An act relating to medical debt relief and excluding medical debt from credit reports · Became Law · May 16, 2025
  • 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 the Province of Quebec; urging that Congress reassert its role in the crafting of international trade policy, including the imposition of tariffs; and urging that President Trump remove all tariffs he has imposed on Canada since January 20, 2025, including those outside the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). · Introduced · May 13, 2025
  • S 9 An act relating to after-hours access to orders against sexual assault · Became Law · May 2, 2025
  • HCR 102 House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2024 8–10 Colchester All-Star Vermont championship Little League Baseball team · Passed One Chamber · May 1, 2025
  • HCR 83 House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2024 Green Mountain Council Class of Eagle Scouts · Passed One Chamber · Apr 25, 2025
  • SCR 4 Senate concurrent resolution recognizing the success of the American System of Conservation Funding and commemorating the 75th anniversary of the enactment of federal sport fish restoration legislation · Apr 4, 2025
  • HCR 61 House concurrent resolution recognizing March 2025 as National Athletic Training Month in Vermont · Passed One Chamber · Mar 26, 2025
  • S 110 An act relating to changes to Vermont’s air pollution and renewable energy laws · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
  • S 39 An act relating to the State Aid for School Construction Program · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
  • S 21 An act relating to cell phone-free schools · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
  • S 103 An act relating to updating the Periodic Inspection Manual · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
  • S 101 An act relating to revoking Vermont’s use of California’s Clean Air Act waiver · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
  • S 100 An act relating to administration of the concentrated animal feeding operation water quality permit · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
  • HCR 30 House concurrent resolution in memory of former Representative, House Republican Leader, and Milton Town Manager Donald H. Turner Jr. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 26, 2025
  • HCR 3 House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2024 Enosburg Falls High School Hornets Division II championship softball team · Passed One Chamber · Feb 25, 2025
  • S 80 An act relating to establishing Vermont Digital Addictions Awareness Day · Introduced · Feb 25, 2025
  • S 81 An act relating to prohibiting municipal regulation of the use of hygienic face masks · Introduced · Feb 25, 2025
  • S 78 An act relating to the creation of the Vermont-Ireland Trade Commission · Introduced · Feb 19, 2025
  • SCR 2 Senate concurrent resolution honoring the Vermont Old Cemetery Association · Feb 14, 2025
  • HCR 29 House concurrent resolution congratulating Montgomery runner Elinor Purrier St. Pierre on her outstanding athletic achievement at the 2024 Paris Olympics · Passed One Chamber · Feb 14, 2025
  • HCR 28 House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2024 Bellows Free Academy-Fairfax High School Bullets Division III championship baseball team · Passed One Chamber · Feb 14, 2025
  • HCR 12 House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2024 University of Vermont Catamounts on winning their school’s first NCAA Division I men’s soccer championship (College Cup) · Passed One Chamber · Feb 7, 2025
  • HCR 2 House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2024 Missisquoi Valley Union High School Thunderbirds Division I championship softball team · Passed One Chamber · Jan 24, 2025
  • HCR 5 House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2024 Richford Junior-Senior High School Rockets Division IV championship softball team · Passed One Chamber · Jan 21, 2025
  • HCR 4 House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2024 Richford Junior-Senior High School Division IV championship girls’ soccer team · Passed One Chamber · Jan 21, 2025
  • HCR 1 House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2024 Richford Junior-Senior High School Falcons Division IV championship boys’ track and field team · Passed One Chamber · Jan 21, 2025
  • S 17 An act relating to exempting military retirement and survivor benefit income from Vermont income tax · Introduced · Jan 17, 2025
  • SR 20 Senate resolution in memory of Senator and former Bennington Selectboard Chair Richard Sears · Passed One Chamber · Jun 17, 2024
  • SR 19 Senate resolution honoring the distinguished Executive Branch and legislative public service of Senator Martha Jane Kitchel · Passed One Chamber · Jun 17, 2024
  • S 190 An act relating to statements made by a child victim of an offense involving serious bodily injury · Became Law · Apr 24, 2024
  • HCR 222 House concurrent resolution in memory of former Representative Timothy Yeatman Hayward · Passed One Chamber · Apr 19, 2024
  • HCR 162 House concurrent resolution honoring Sergeant at Arms Janet Miller for her stellar public service for the General Assembly · Passed One Chamber · Feb 29, 2024
  • HCR 137 House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2023 Georgia Elementary and Middle School Chargers seventh- and eighth-grade girls’ soccer team on completing an outstanding, undefeated season · Passed One Chamber · Jan 19, 2024
  • S 298 An act relating to increasing penalties for drug-related offenses · Introduced · Jan 18, 2024
  • S 299 An act relating to a single process for sealing criminal history records · Introduced · Jan 18, 2024
  • S 287 An act relating to bail and violations of conditions of release · Introduced · Jan 17, 2024
  • SCR 6 Senate concurrent resolution honoring Vanessa Davison for her extraordinary dedication as a staff member of the General Assembly · Passed Legislature · May 12, 2023
  • HCR 86 House concurrent resolution designating April 18, 2023 as USS VERMONT Day in Vermont · Passed One Chamber · Apr 18, 2023
  • HCR 140 House concurrent resolution congratulating E.J. Barrette & Sons Inc. of Swanton on its centennial · Passed One Chamber · Apr 28, 2022
  • H 223 An act relating to establishing a hearsay exemption in cases involving cruelty to a child · Introduced · Feb 10, 2021

Cosponsored bills (62)

Bills this legislator coauthored or cosponsored. Data from OpenStates.

  • SCR 18 Senate concurrent resolution honoring Senator Robert A. Starr of Orleans District for his decades of distinguished public service · Passed Legislature · May 10, 2024
  • S 159 An act relating to the County and Regional Governance Study Committee · Became Law · May 10, 2024
  • SCR 17 Senate concurrent resolution honoring the nearly four decades of conscientious legislative service of former Vermont Senate Dean Richard T. Mazza of Colchester · Passed One Chamber · May 10, 2024
  • SCR 16 Senate concurrent resolution honoring Senator Richard McCormack for his dedicated legislative service in the Vermont Senate · Passed Legislature · May 10, 2024
  • HCR 231 House concurrent resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National Conference of State Legislatures · Passed One Chamber · Apr 26, 2024
  • HCR 171 House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2023 Green Mountain Council Class of Eagle Scouts · Passed One Chamber · Apr 26, 2024
  • HCR 198 House concurrent resolution designating April 18, 2024 as USS VERMONT (SSN 792) Day in Vermont · Passed One Chamber · Apr 18, 2024
  • HCR 184 House concurrent resolution congratulating the Desorcie family on 60 years of wonderful and continuous family ownership of Desorcie’s Market in Highgate Center · Passed One Chamber · Mar 22, 2024
  • HCR 152 House concurrent resolution recognizing March 13, 2024 as National K9 Veterans Day in Vermont · Passed One Chamber · Mar 13, 2024
  • S 85 An act relating to allowing probation and parole officers to carry firearms while on duty · Introduced · Mar 1, 2024
  • HCR 138 House concurrent resolution commemorating the centennial of the Vermont State Parks · Passed One Chamber · Feb 15, 2024
  • S 256 An act relating to Department of Motor Vehicles credentials and number plates with veteran designations · Introduced · Feb 7, 2024
  • S 296 An act relating to jurisdiction in juvenile proceedings · Introduced · Jan 17, 2024
  • S 297 An act relating to the aggregate value of stolen property in certain crimes · Introduced · Jan 17, 2024
  • S 264 An act relating to special plates for motor vehicles for veterans and members of the U.S. Armed Forces · Introduced · Jan 16, 2024
  • HCR 132 House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2023 Georgia Elementary and Middle School Chargers seventh- and eighth-grade girls’ softball team on its exciting, undefeated season · Passed One Chamber · Jan 12, 2024
  • S 237 An act relating to the posting of municipal employment vacancies · Introduced · Jan 9, 2024
  • S 158 An act relating to excepting persons 70 years of age or older from jury service · Introduced · Jan 3, 2024
  • S 39 An act relating to compensation and benefits for members of the Vermont General Assembly · Vetoed · Jun 20, 2023
  • S 14 An act relating to a report on criminal justice-related investments and trends · Became Law · May 12, 2023
  • SR 11 Senate resolution supporting the continuing resiliency and strengthening of the Abenaki communities in Vermont and encouraging a greater appreciation and respect for Abenaki culture during Abenaki Recognition and Heritage Week and throughout the year · Introduced · May 5, 2023
  • HCR 95 House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2022 Green Mountain Council Class of Eagle Scouts and the recipient of the Summit Award · Passed One Chamber · Apr 28, 2023
  • HCR 61 House concurrent resolution congratulating the undefeated 2023 Georgia Middle School Chargers girls’ basketball team · Passed One Chamber · Mar 24, 2023
  • HCR 63 House concurrent resolution congratulating the undefeated 2022–2023 Georgia Middle School Chargers boys’ basketball team · Passed One Chamber · Mar 24, 2023
  • HCR 62 House concurrent resolution congratulating the undefeated 2022 Georgia Middle School Chargers girls’ soccer team · Passed One Chamber · Mar 24, 2023
  • S 104 An act relating to designating August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day · Introduced · Mar 23, 2023
  • HCR 31 House concurrent resolution in memory of Marshall Webb · Passed One Chamber · Mar 21, 2023
  • S 134 An act relating to requiring legislative approval prior to closing or reducing the size or scope of any Vermont State College library · Introduced · Mar 17, 2023
  • S 118 An act relating to exempting all military retirement and military survivor benefit income · Introduced · Mar 2, 2023
  • HCR 11 House concurrent resolution designating January 23–27, 2023 as the first annual Holocaust Education Week in Vermont · Passed One Chamber · Jan 27, 2023
  • SCR 2 Senate concurrent resolution honoring Helen Estroff of Montpelier for her outstanding public service in the executive branch, and as the Calendar Clerk of the Vermont Senate · Passed One Chamber · Jan 20, 2023
  • SCR 1 Senate concurrent resolution honoring Steven D. Marshall of Swanton for his exemplary service as the Assistant Secretary of the Senate · Passed One Chamber · Jan 20, 2023
  • HCR 153 House concurrent resolution celebrating the State Partnership Program recently established between the Vermont National Guard and Austria · Passed One Chamber · May 11, 2022
  • HCR 160 House concurrent resolution honoring the General Assembly’s venerable head doorkeeper, Cornelius F. Reed Jr. of Wolcott · Passed One Chamber · May 10, 2022
  • HCR 150 House concurrent resolution designating April 2022 as Vermont Public Safety Telecommunicators Month · Passed One Chamber · May 6, 2022
  • HCR 156 House concurrent resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month in Vermont · Passed One Chamber · May 5, 2022
  • JRH 18 Joint resolution relating to the Russian invasion of Ukraine · Passed Legislature · May 4, 2022
  • HR 25 House resolution honoring Senator Patrick J. Leahy for his nearly half century of extraordinary public service in the U.S. Senate · Apr 20, 2022
  • HCR 142 House concurrent resolution in memory of Sister Janice E. Ryan, RSM · Passed One Chamber · Apr 15, 2022
  • HCR 130 House concurrent resolution recognizing April 2022 as the Month of the Military Child and April 15, 2022 as Purple Up Day in Vermont · Passed One Chamber · Apr 1, 2022
  • HCR 113 House concurrent resolution honoring the USS VERMONT (SSN 792) · Passed One Chamber · Mar 16, 2022
  • SCR 12 Senate concurrent resolution memorializing the more than 500 Vermonters who have died due to COVID-19, extending sincere condolences to their families, and thanking those Vermonters whose frontline jobs have been especially challenging during the pandemic · Passed One Chamber · Feb 11, 2022
  • H 642 An act relating to utility-terrain vehicles · Introduced · Jan 14, 2022
  • HCR 76 House concurrent resolution congratulating Elle Purrier St. Pierre on her outstanding performance in the 2020 Olympics women’s 1500-meter race · Passed One Chamber · Jan 13, 2022
  • H 558 An act relating to increasing the income tax exemption for Social Security benefits · Introduced · Jan 11, 2022
  • HCR 72 House concurrent resolution honoring the Vermont Department of Health for its exemplary public service during the COVID-19 Pandemic · Passed One Chamber · May 21, 2021
  • H 171 An act relating to the governance and financing of Vermont’s child care system · Became Law · May 21, 2021
  • HCR 44 House concurrent resolution congratulating the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation on the 30th anniversary of its TRIO Educational Opportunity Center of Vermont · Passed One Chamber · Apr 16, 2021
  • HCR 31 House concurrent resolution in memory of U.S. Second Circuit Judge Peter W. Hall · Passed One Chamber · Mar 26, 2021
  • HCR 23 House concurrent resolution honoring former Representative Edward H. Paquin Jr. for his exemplary leadership as a disability rights advocate · Passed One Chamber · Mar 12, 2021
  • HCR 22 House concurrent resolution congratulating Elinor Purrier of Berkshire on her record U.S. indoor two-mile run at the 2021 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix and on her recent marriage to Jamie St. Pierre · Passed One Chamber · Feb 26, 2021
  • HCR 20 House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2020 class of Boy Scouts who have achieved the rank of Eagle · Passed One Chamber · Feb 26, 2021
  • H 339 An act relating to creating the Vermont Silver Rose Veterans’ Service Certificate · Introduced · Feb 25, 2021
  • H 328 An act relating to the education of military families · Introduced · Feb 24, 2021
  • H 318 An act relating to a private right of action against unpermitted salvage yards · Introduced · Feb 24, 2021
  • H 255 An act relating to voter approval of water supply rates · Introduced · Feb 12, 2021
  • HCR 17 House concurrent resolution honoring former Vermont House Clerk William M. MaGill for his notable contributions to the State legislative process · Passed One Chamber · Feb 12, 2021
  • H 242 An act relating to veteran status inquiries on program and service intake forms · Introduced · Feb 11, 2021
  • H 219 An act relating to student loan repayment for members of the Vermont National Guard · Introduced · Feb 9, 2021
  • H 185 An act relating to exempting U.S. military retirement pay and survivor benefit income · Introduced · Feb 3, 2021
  • HCR 9 House concurrent resolution recognizing the unwavering dedication of Vermont’s health care workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic · Passed One Chamber · Jan 29, 2021
  • H 146 An act relating to the definition of household income for the purposes of the property tax credit · Introduced · Jan 28, 2021

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