Vermont legislation · 2025-2026 Session
Vermont SR21: Senate resolution relating to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Operation Metro Surge
Status: Passed both chambers, February 6, 2026
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, February 6, 2026:
State of Vermont Senate Chamber Montpelier, Vermont Senate Resolution Offered by Senators Hashim, Beck, Ram Hinsdale, Baruth, Brock, Chittenden, Clarkson, Cummings, Gulick, Hardy, Harrison, Lyons, Perchlik, Plunkett, Vyhovsky, Watson, Weeks, Westman and White, S.R. 21. Senate resolution relating to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Operation Metro Surge. Whereas, on January 5, 2026, approximately 3,000 federal agents, from both U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), were deployed to Minnesota's Twin Cities area as part of Operation Metro Surge, an ICE initiative to intensify the arrest and deportation of individuals not legally residing in the United States, and Whereas, on January 7, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an ICE agent fatally shot Renée Good, a U.S. citizen, while she was in her car at a location where ICE agents were engaged in Operation Metro Surge, and Whereas, on January 24, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, CBP agents fatally shot Alex Pretti, also a U.S. citizen, at another location where Operation Metro Surge activity was occurring, and Whereas, these and multiple other events pertaining to the methods of enforcing immigration law have triggered large protests both in and out of the State of Minnesota, as well as in Vermont, and Whereas, as Caledonian Record publisher, Todd Smith, perceptively wrote, "A government that kills, then lies, and then threatens …
Sponsors
- Nader Hashim (D, Windham District) · primary sponsor
- Scott Beck (R, Caledonia District) · primary sponsor
- Kesha Ram Hinsdale (D, Chittenden-Southeast District) · primary sponsor
- Philip Baruth (D, Chittenden-Central District)
- Randolph Brock (R, Franklin District)
- Thomas Chittenden (D, Chittenden-Southeast District)
- Alison Clarkson (D, Windsor District)
- Ann Cummings (D, Washington District)
- Martine Gulick (D, Chittenden-Central District)
- Ruth Hardy (D, Addison District)
- Wendy Harrison (D, Windham District)
- Virginia Lyons (D, Chittenden-Southeast District)
Latest actions
- : As adopted by Senate
- : Read 3rd time & adopted
- : Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator [Baruth]
- : Senator [Williams] explained vote
- : Senator [Norris] explained vote
- : Senator [Benson] explained vote
- : 3rd reading ordered
- : 3rd reading ordered on roll call [Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 24, Nays = 5]
- : Recommendation of amendment by Committee on [Judiciary] agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator [Ram Hinsdale], [Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 25, Nays = 4]
- : Roll Call, Requested by Sen. [Ram Hinsdale]
Votes
- Recommendation of amendment by Committee on [Judiciary] agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator [Ram Hinsdale], [Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 25, Nays = 4] (February 6, 2026): 25 yea, 4 nay, passed
- 3rd reading ordered on roll call [Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 24, Nays = 5] (February 6, 2026): 24 yea, 5 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SR21?
- SR21 is a bill in the Vermont Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Senate resolution relating to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Operation Metro Surge.
- What is the status of SR21?
- Passed both chambers as of February 6, 2026. Latest action: As adopted by Senate (February 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SR21?
- Nader Hashim (D, Windham District), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SR21?
- On the Vermont Legislature website: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/S.R.21
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