Vermont legislation · 2025-2026 Session
Vermont JRS37: Joint resolution supporting, in solidarity with national and international ski organizations and numerous skiers across the glob
Status: Passed one chamber, February 17, 2026
Joint resolution supporting, in solidarity with national and international ski organizations and numerous skiers across the globe, the introduction of long-overdue gender equality in Nordic combined Olympic competition and urging that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) only introduce new Olympic sports that practice gender equality
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, February 17, 2026:
R-247 Page 1 of 2 No. R-247. Joint resolution supporting, in solidarity with national and international ski organizations and numerous skiers across the globe, the introduction of longoverdue gender equality in Nordic combined Olympic competition and urging that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) only introduce new Olympic sports that practice gender equality. (J.R.S.37) Offered by Senators Morley and Baruth, Whereas, Nordic combined is a challenging winter sport, requiring competitors to prove their skills as both Nordic skiers and alpine ski jumpers, and Whereas, the first documented Nordic combined competition occurred in Oslo, Norway, in 1892, years before the inaugural Winter Olympics was held in France in 1924, at which Nordic combined was one of the featured events, and Whereas, the proud century of Nordic combined competition in the Winter Olympics has been tarnished due to its exclusion of women, and Whereas, women have exhibited outstanding Nordic combined performances in nonOlympic competition, and among the premier women's Nordic combined competitors is Vermonter Tara Geraghty-Moats, who has earned national and international recognition, and Whereas, unfortunately for this sport, the exclusion of women from Olympic Nordic combined competition persuaded Tara Geraghty-Moats to pursue her Winter Olympic dreams as a biathlon athlete, and Whereas, Vermont is proudly the home of many outstanding women Winter Olympians, who are medal winners in sports other than Nordic …
Sponsors
- Morley, John (R, Orleans District) · primary sponsor
- Philip Baruth (D, Chittenden-Central District) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : As adopted by Senate and House
- : House message: House adopted in concurrence
- : Read third time and adopted in concurrence
- : Action Calendar: Third Reading
- : Third Reading ordered
- : Rep. [Duke of Burlington] reported for the Committee on [Commerce and Economic Development]
- : Read second time
- : Action Calendar: Favorable
- : Notice Calendar: Favorable
- : Read first time, treated as a bill, and referred to the Committee on [Commerce and Economic Development]
Common questions
- What is JRS37?
- JRS37 is a bill in the Vermont Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Joint resolution supporting, in solidarity with national and international ski organizations and numerous skiers across the glob.
- What does JRS37 do?
- Joint resolution supporting, in solidarity with national and international ski organizations and numerous skiers across the globe, the introduction of long-overdue gender equality in Nordic combined Olympic competition and urging that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) only introduce new Olympic sports that practice gender equality
- What is the status of JRS37?
- Passed one chamber as of February 17, 2026. Latest action: As adopted by Senate and House (February 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored JRS37?
- Morley, John (R, Orleans District), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for JRS37?
- On the Vermont Legislature website: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/J.R.S.37
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