Representative Emma Mulvaney Stanek resigns House seat after election as Burlington mayor

The House received and read a resignation letter from Representative Emma Mulvaney Stanek of Burlington on March 29, 2024. In the letter addressed to 'Speaker Krowinski and Clerk Rask,' Mulvaney Stanek said she won election to become the next mayor of Burlington on March 5, 2024, and that her resignation from the Vermont House of Representatives will be effective April 1, 2024.

In her letter she described the mayoral victory as a joyous moment and noted she will be the first woman and the first out LGBTQ+ person to serve as Burlington’s mayor in the city's 159‑year history. Mulvaney Stanek reflected on nearly two terms representing the people of Chittenden‑17 (as written in the letter), thanked colleagues including the House Progressive Caucus and house leadership, and called for fairer compensation and modernized rules to make legislative service more accessible for working families.

The presiding officer thanked the member from Burlington for her service. The transcript records the reading of the resignation letter and the House’s acknowledgement; the transcript does not record any subsequent formal action on filling the vacancy.