Vermont legislation · 2025-2026 Session
Vermont HCR237: House concurrent resolution congratulating the Vermont-associated 2026 Winter Olympics medal winners
Status: Passed both chambers, March 27, 2026
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, March 27, 2026:
R-289 Page 1 of 2 No. R-289. House concurrent resolution congratulating the Vermont-associated 2026 Winter Olympics medal winners. (H.C.R.237) Offered by All Members of the House Whereas, the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics included a spectacular display of the athletic prowess of 24 Vermont-resident or Vermont-educated competitors, and six of them captured seven of the 33 U.S. medals, confirming the premier role Vermont continues to play in incubating U.S. Olympic skiers, and Whereas, Ryan Cochran-Siegle of Starksboro, who attended the University of Vermont (UVM), repeated his 2022 silver medaling in the alpine super-G, and completed the course merely 0.13 seconds behind the gold medalist, Franjo von Allmen of Switzerland, and he won his 2026 silver medal 54 years to the day that his mother, Barbara Ann Cochran, won the women's slalom gold medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, and Whereas, the world's top-ranked and most-decorated women's cross-country skier and founding member of the prestigious SMS T2 cross-country skiing team Jessie Diggins, competing in her final Olympics, added to her Olympic triumphs (2018-gold-sprint, 2022-silver-freestyle, and 2022-bronze-freestyle sprint) when she captured the bronze in the 10k skate, and Whereas, second-time Olympian, Stratton Mountain School alumnus, and big air skier Mac Forehand, in an astounding display of skiing bravado and ingenuity, completed the first-ever "2160-degree nose-butter triple cork," secured the silver …
Sponsors
- Jed Lipsky (I, Lamoille-1) · primary sponsor
- Angela Arsenault (D, Chittenden-2)
- Sarah Austin (D, Chittenden-19)
- Richard Bailey (R, Lamoille-2)
- John Bartholomew (D, Windsor-1)
- Ashley Bartley (R, Franklin-1)
- Daisy Berbeco (D, Chittenden-21)
- Matthew Birong (D, Addison-3)
- Doug Bishop (D, Chittenden-20)
- Alyssa Black (D, Chittenden-24)
- Tiffany Bluemle (D, Chittenden-13)
- Michelle Bos-Lun (D, Windham-3)
Latest actions
- : Ceremonial Reading
- : Adopted pursuant to Joint Rule 16b
- : Senate Message: Adopted in concurrence
- : Adopted in concurrence per Joint Rule 16b
- : On Consent Calendar
- : On Consent Calendar
Common questions
- What is HCR237?
- HCR237 is a bill in the Vermont Legislature (2025-2026 Session): House concurrent resolution congratulating the Vermont-associated 2026 Winter Olympics medal winners.
- What is the status of HCR237?
- Passed both chambers as of March 27, 2026. Latest action: Ceremonial Reading (April 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored HCR237?
- Jed Lipsky (I, Lamoille-1), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HCR237?
- On the Vermont Legislature website: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.C.R.237
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