11 Facts About Bill Lippert

Bill Lippert served as chair of the House Judiciary Committee for ten years, and then served as chair of the House Health Care Committee.

Bill Lippert has lived in Vermont since 1972, and moved to Hinesburg in 1979.

In 1989, Bill Lippert helped to establish Outright Vermont, an organization dedicated to serving the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth.

For twenty years prior to serving in the Vermont legislature, Bill Lippert worked in community mental health services, serving as a psychotherapist and substance abuse counselor, and for ten years as the Executive Director of the Counseling Service of Addison County.

In 1996, Bill Lippert resigned as CSAC Executive Director to continue his legislative career and grow the Samara Foundation of Vermont.

Bill Lippert was elected to a full term in Nov, 1994 and was re-elected biennially until he retired from the legislature in 2022.

Subsequently, Bill Lippert lost his position as vice chair of the Judiciary Committee, though he easily won re-election to his seat in the House.

Bill Lippert continued to serve as chair of the House Judiciary Committee through 2014.

In 2015, Bill Lippert was appointed by House Speaker Shap Smith to chair the House Health Care Committee.

On May 12,2007, Lippert received national attention when a Fox News crew, on behalf of the program The O'Reilly Factor, interrupted his breakfast in the Vermont statehouse cafeteria to demand why he had supported transgender rights but did not support Jessica's Law, for which host Bill O'Reilly is an advocate.

Bill Lippert served as one of six openly gay members of the Vermont Legislature.