Vermont legislation · 2025-2026 Session
Vermont SCR12: Senate concurrent resolution in memory of former Washington County Senator Mary Just Skinner of Middlesex.
Status: Passed both chambers, May 8, 2026
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, May 8, 2026:
R-370 Page 1 of 1 No. R-370. Senate concurrent resolution in memory of former Washington County Senator Mary Just Skinner of Middlesex. (S.C.R.12) Offered by Senators Cummings, Perchlik, Watson, Beck and Hardy, Offered by All Members of the House, Whereas, a Hoosier by birth, Mary Just grew up in the Chicago area and graduated from Barnard College and Columbia Law School in New York City, where she met her future husband and fellow attorney, Scott Skinner; they married in 1970 and, in 1977, settled in Middlesex, where they raised two sons and managed a beef cattle operation, and Whereas, before hanging her professional shingle in Montpelier, Mary Just Skinner was employed at Vermont Legal Aid, successfully advocating before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for the overturning of a U.S. Marine Corps policy automatically discharging pregnant Marines, and at the Vermont Supreme Court, where she won a case requiring utilities to secure regulatory approval before raising rates, and Whereas, in 1978, at 32 years of age, Mary Just Skinner stood successfully for the first of seven consecutive terms as a Vermont State Senator representing Washington County, chaired the Finance and Judiciary committees, and served as assistant minority leader, and Whereas, as a State Senator, she was especially focused on the challenges vulnerable Vermonters encountered and on protecting …
Sponsors
- Ann Cummings (D, Washington District) · primary sponsor
- Andrew Perchlik (D, Washington District) · primary sponsor
- Anne Watson (D, Washington District) · primary sponsor
- Elanor Chapin (D, Washington-5) · 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)
- Scott Beck (R, Caledonia District)
- Daisy Berbeco (D, Chittenden-21)
- Matthew Birong (D, Addison-3)
Latest actions
- : Adopted in concurrence pursuant to Joint Rule 16b
- : Senate Message: Adopted in concurrence
- : As adopted by Senate and House
- : Adopted per Joint Rule 16b
- : House message: House adopted in concurrence
- : On Consent Calendar
- : On Consent Calendar
Common questions
- What is SCR12?
- SCR12 is a bill in the Vermont Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Senate concurrent resolution in memory of former Washington County Senator Mary Just Skinner of Middlesex.
- What is the status of SCR12?
- Passed both chambers as of May 8, 2026. Latest action: Adopted in concurrence pursuant to Joint Rule 16b (May 8, 2026).
- Who sponsored SCR12?
- Ann Cummings (D, Washington District), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SCR12?
- On the Vermont Legislature website: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/S.C.R.12
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