Vermont State Senate

Vermont State Senate
Vermont General Assembly
Type
Type	Upper house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 5, 2017
Leadership
Lieutenant Governor	David Zuckerman (P) Since January 5, 2017
President Pro Tempore	Tim Ashe (P) Since January 6, 2017
Majority Leader	Becca Balint (D) Since January 6, 2017
Minority Leader	Dustin Degree (R) Since January 6, 2017
Progressive Leader	Anthony Pollina (P) Since January 6, 2011
Structure
Seats	30
Political groups	Majority      Democratic (20)*      Progressive (3)* Minority      Republican (7)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Section 7, Legislative Department, Vermont Constitution
Salary	$693.74 per week plus per diem during session
Elections
Last election	November 8, 2016 (30 seats)
Next election	November 6, 2018 (30 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place
State Senate Chamber, Vermont State House Montpelier, Vermont, U.S.
Website
Vermont State Senate

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The Vermont Senate is the upper house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of Vermont. The senate consists of 30 members. Senate districting divides the 30 members into three single-member districts, six two-member districts, three three-member districts, and one six-member district. Each senator represents at least 20,300 citizens. Senators are elected to two-year terms and there is no limit to the number of terms that a senator may serve.

As in other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the state senate of Vermont is reserved with special functions such as confirming or rejecting gubernatorial appointments to executive departments, the state cabinet, commissions, boards, and electing members to the Vermont Supreme Court.

The Vermont Senate meets at the Vermont State House in the state capital of Montpelier.

Senators are elected from a total of 13 single and multi-member senate districts. The districts largely correspond to the boundaries of the state's 14 counties with adjustments to ensure equality of representation. Two small counties (Essex and Orleans) are combined into one district. Each district elects between 1 and 6 senators depending on population.

In addition, Vermont is one of the 14 states where the upper house of its state legislature serves at a two-year cycle, rather than the more common four-year term in the majority of states.