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The 1777 constitution's Declaration of Rights of the Inhabitants of the State of Vermont anticipated the United States Bill of Rights by a dozen years. The first chapter, a "Declaration of Rights of the Inhabitants of the State of Vermont", is followed by a "Plan or Frame of Government" outlining the structure of governance.
The Old Constitution House in Windsor, Vermont, where the constitution of the Vermont Republic was signed. The first Constitution of Vermont was drafted in July 1777, almost five months after Vermont declared itself an independent country, now frequently called the Vermont Republic. It was in effect until its extensive revision in 1786.
The Vermont Constitution guarantees broad rights for its citizens. Adopted in 1793, it contains in its first article ("Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the State of Vermont") a far-reaching bill of rights, one of the most extensive in the world at the time of its adoption.
The Old Constitution House in Windsor, Vermont, where the constitution of the Vermont Republic was signed.. This list of articles and sections of the Vermont Constitution enumerates the contents of the Constitution of Vermont, which is organized into two parts, one declaring the rights of inhabitants and the other defining the governing power. [1]
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Vermont since September 1, 2009. The Senate passed same-sex marriage legislation on March 23, which the House of Representatives amended and approved by a 94–52 vote on April 3, 2009. Governor Jim Douglas vetoed the bill as promised on April 6. Both the House and the Senate successfully overrode Douglas ...
Often modeled after the federal Constitution, they outline the structure of the state government and typically establish a bill of rights, an executive branch headed by a governor (and often one or more other officials, such as a lieutenant governor and state attorney general), a state legislature, and state courts, including a state supreme ...
Vermont: The Vermont Supreme Court makes a ruling that effectively ended abortion restrictions in the state. [145] New York: The Court of Appeals rules that Bernice Gera could be a baseball umpire. [146] Washington: "Equality of rights and responsibility under the law shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex." [147]
The bill passed the Vermont General Assembly and was signed into law by the Governor of Vermont Phil Scott in April 2022. [39] [40] Since July 1, 2018, Vermont has required all single-user public bathrooms to be marked as gender-neutral, after Governor Phil Scott signed a bill to this effect into law in May 2018. [41] [42]