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Sarah Copeland Hanzas

Democratic · VT · Secretary of State of Vermont

Sarah Copeland Hanzas is the Democratic Secretary of State of Vermont, in office since 2023, and is running for re-election in 2026. She previously served in the Vermont House of Representatives, including as majority leader.

Where Sarah Copeland Hanzas stands, based on their records

Supports

Election Integrity (1 record), Civil Rights (2 records)

Track record

Track record — Election Integrity

Election Integrity · 1 support

  • As House Government Operations Committee chair, worked with the committee on S.15, the bill that expanded statewide mail-ballot access and ballot-cure procedures.

    May 18, 2021Supports Election Integrity

    Source: vermontbiz.com · researched August 10, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 2 support

  • Was lead sponsor of a Vermont bill to update the state's sexual assault laws so that someone too intoxicated by drugs or alcohol cannot legally agree to sex. It became law as Act 68 (House Bill 183).

    February 18, 2021Supports Civil Rights

    Source: women.vermont.gov · researched August 10, 2026

  • Introduced Vermont's workplace sexual harassment prevention bill, which the governor signed into law in 2018 (H.707, Act 183).

    January 25, 2018Supports Civil Rights

    Source: women.vermont.gov · researched August 10, 2026

Track record — General

General · 4 records

  • Won re-election as Vermont Secretary of State in the general election, according to the official Vermont election archive.

    November 5, 2024

    Source: outside.vermont.gov · researched August 10, 2026

  • Sarah Copeland Hanzas serves as Vermont Secretary of State (since 2023), overseeing elections, business filings, and professional regulation; she previously served in the Vermont House, including as majority leader.

    January 5, 2023

    Source: vtdigger.org · researched July 15, 2026

  • Won the Vermont Secretary of State general election, according to the official Vermont election archive.

    November 8, 2022

    Source: electionarchive.vermont.gov · researched August 10, 2026

  • Copeland Hanzas was one of six lead sponsors of Vermont's Global Warming Solutions Act, a law setting required targets for cutting the state's greenhouse-gas pollution (House Bill 688). It created a state climate council to write the plan and let residents sue the state if it misses the targets. The governor vetoed the bill and lawmakers overrode the veto on September 23, 2020 (Act 153).

    September 10, 2020

    Source: vermontpublic.org · researched August 10, 2026

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Profile last researched July 15, 2026.