Vermont legislation · 2025-2026 Session
Vermont SR12: Senate resolution reaffirming the friendship between the State of Vermont and Taiwan and supporting enhanced Vermont-Taiwan bila
Status: Passed both chambers, May 2, 2025
Senate resolution reaffirming the friendship between the State of Vermont and Taiwan and supporting enhanced Vermont-Taiwan bilateral relations and Taiwan’s participation in international organizations
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, May 2, 2025:
State of Vermont Senate Chamber Montpelier, Vermont Senate Resolution Offered by Senators Clarkson, Brock, Cummings, Ingalls, Major, Ram Hinsdale, Weeks and White, S.R. 12. Senate resolution relating to reaffirming the friendship between the State of Vermont and Taiwan and supporting enhanced Vermont-Taiwan bilateral relations and Taiwan's participation in international organizations. Whereas, the United States and the Republic of China (Taiwan) share a vibrant, mutually beneficial bilateral relationship based on our common values of freedom and a free-market economy, and the relationship is as strong as it has ever been, and Whereas, the January 2024 election of Dr. Lai Ching-te as the President of Taiwan demonstrates the vibrancy of Taiwan's democracy, and Whereas, the United States is Taiwan's second-largest trading partner and Taiwan is the United States' seventhlargest trading partner; in 2024, the two-way trade in goods between the United States and Taiwan totaled in excess of $157 billion; and the United States is also the largest supplier of agricultural products to Taiwan, and Whereas, in 2022, the United States and Taiwan launched, and in 2023 signed, the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade, which, in part, "is intended to develop concrete ways to deepen the economic and trade relationship," and the first agreement under the Initiative became effective in December 2024, and Whereas, Taiwan is the second-largest export destination for …
Sponsors
- Alison Clarkson (D, Windsor District) · primary sponsor
- Rebecca White (D, Windsor District) · primary sponsor
- Kesha Ram Hinsdale (D, Chittenden-Southeast District) · primary sponsor
- Randolph Brock (R, Franklin District)
- Ann Cummings (D, Washington District)
- Russell Ingalls (R, Essex District)
- Joseph Major (D, Windsor District)
- David Weeks (R, Rutland District)
Latest actions
- : As adopted by Senate
- : Read 3rd time & adopted
- : New Business/Third Reading
- : 3rd reading ordered on roll call [Passed -- Needed 14 of 27 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 0]
- : Roll Call, Requested by Sen. [Collamore]
- : Reported favorably by Senator [Weeks] for Committee on [Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs]
- : Read 2nd time
- : Favorable report by Committee on [Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs]
- : Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- : Unfinished Business/Second Reading
Votes
- 3rd reading ordered on roll call [Passed -- Needed 14 of 27 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 0] (May 1, 2025): 27 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SR12?
- SR12 is a bill in the Vermont Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Senate resolution reaffirming the friendship between the State of Vermont and Taiwan and supporting enhanced Vermont-Taiwan bila.
- What does SR12 do?
- Senate resolution reaffirming the friendship between the State of Vermont and Taiwan and supporting enhanced Vermont-Taiwan bilateral relations and Taiwan’s participation in international organizations
- What is the status of SR12?
- Passed both chambers as of May 2, 2025. Latest action: As adopted by Senate (May 2, 2025).
- Who sponsored SR12?
- Alison Clarkson (D, Windsor District), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SR12?
- On the Vermont Legislature website: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/S.R.12
Source: official Vermont record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.