Constitutional Amendments

Every Vermont voter decides these 2. Each page says what a yes or no vote does and links to the full text.

• Proposal 3: Right to collectively bargain A right for workers to organize and bargain together, in the constitutionmajority to pass

  Biggest change: Puts a worker's right to organize and bargain together into the constitution, so lawmakers could not remove it with an ordinary law.

• Proposal 4: Equal protection Equal protection under the law, written into the constitutionmajority to pass

  Biggest change: Lists the traits (including gender identity and gender expression) the state may not use to deny equal treatment.

Both are constitutional amendments passed by the Legislature. Each passes with a majority of the votes cast on it. Source: Governor's proclamations of Proposals 3 and 4 (July 2026) ↗.