US AI Law Tracker: Vermont | AI Law Center

State/Terr	AI Scope	Relevant Law	Law Link	Effective Date	Key Requirements	Enforcements & Penalties
Vermont	AI Transparency	Vermont Data Broker Act	H 211	1/1/2027	• Requires data brokers to disclose whether or not they have shared or sold consumers’ data to a developer of a GenAI system or model in the past year. Additional data broker requirements apply.	• Civil penalty of up to $25,000, including daily fines of up to $1,000 per day
Vermont	AI Intimate Images	Amendment of non-consensual sexual image dissemination statute	H 878	6/6/2024	• Expands the scope of Vermont’s dissemination of intimate images statute to include media that has been altered “utilizing an image or images of a person, including images other than the person depicted, or computer-generated images.”	Existing penalties apply.
Vermont	AI in Government	An Act Relating to the Use and Oversight of AI in State Government	H 410	7/1/2022	• Requires the Agency of Digital Services to conduct an inventory of all the automated decision systems developed, employed, or procured by the Vermont State government. • The act also creates various AI governance functions within the Vermont State government.	None specified.
Vermont	AI in Political Advertising	An Act Relating to the Use of Synthetic Media in Elections	S23	3/5/2026	• Defines “synthetic media” to mean any image, audio recording, or video recording of an individual’s likeness or speech that has been created or intentionally altered using digital technology, including artificial intelligence. • Prohibits a person from distributing synthetic media that the person knows to be deceptive and fraudulent within 90 days of an election in Vermont without the following disclosure: “This media has been manipulated or generated by digital technology and depicts speech or conduct that did not occur.” • Exceptions exist for news media, such as television broadcasts, radio broadcasts, newspapers, and news websites, that cover the fraudulent media as part of a newscast with sufficient indication that the covered media is fraudulent; for satire and parody; and for telecommunications and interactive computer service providers in relation to content provided by another.	• Up to $15,000 per violation • Enforcement by the Attorney General. • A candidate who has been the subject of the synthetic media may seek injunctive or other equitable relief.
Vermont	Automated Decision-Making	Vermont Data Privacy and Online Surveillance Act	S 71	1/1/2028	• Provides consumers the right to be informed of the reason for, question the result of, review the personal data used for (and correct it), or opt-out of any form of automated processing of personal data for the purpose of evaluating, analyzing, or predicting a consumer’s personal aspects, including economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, movements or identifying characteristics in furtherance of automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects (i.e., the provision or denial of financial or lending services, housing, insurance, enrollment in education or educational opportunity, criminal justice, employment opportunities, or health care services). Other obligations and restrictions may apply depending on the type of data processed.	• Up to $10,000 per violation.

State/Terr

AI Scope

Relevant Law

Law Link

Effective Date

Key Requirements

Enforcements & Penalties

Vermont

AI Transparency

Vermont Data Broker Act

H 211

1/1/2027

• Requires data brokers to disclose whether or not they have shared or sold consumers’ data to a developer of a GenAI system or model in the past year.

Additional data broker requirements apply.

• Civil penalty of up to $25,000, including daily fines of up to $1,000 per day

Vermont

AI Intimate Images

Amendment of non-consensual sexual image dissemination statute

H 878

6/6/2024

• Expands the scope of Vermont’s dissemination of intimate images statute to include media that has been altered “utilizing an image or images of a person, including images other than the person depicted, or computer-generated images.”

Existing penalties apply.

Vermont

AI in Government

An Act Relating to the Use and Oversight of AI in State Government

H 410

7/1/2022

• Requires the Agency of Digital Services to conduct an inventory of all the automated decision systems developed, employed, or procured by the Vermont State government.
• The act also creates various AI governance functions within the Vermont State government.

None specified.

Vermont

AI in Political Advertising

An Act Relating to the Use of Synthetic Media in Elections

S23

3/5/2026

• Defines “synthetic media” to mean any image, audio recording, or video recording of an individual’s likeness or speech that has been created or intentionally altered using digital technology, including artificial intelligence.

• Prohibits a person from distributing synthetic media that the person knows to be deceptive and fraudulent within 90 days of an election in Vermont without the following disclosure: “This media has been manipulated or generated by digital technology and depicts speech or conduct that did not occur.”

• Exceptions exist for news media, such as television broadcasts, radio broadcasts, newspapers, and news websites, that cover the fraudulent media as part of a newscast with sufficient indication that the covered media is fraudulent; for satire and parody; and for telecommunications and interactive computer service providers in relation to content provided by another.

• Up to $15,000 per violation

• Enforcement by the Attorney General.

• A candidate who has been the subject of the synthetic media may seek injunctive or other equitable relief.

Vermont

Automated Decision-Making

Vermont Data Privacy and Online Surveillance Act

S 71

1/1/2028

• Provides consumers the right to be informed of the reason for, question the result of, review the personal data used for (and correct it), or opt-out of any form of automated processing of personal data for the purpose of evaluating, analyzing, or predicting a consumer’s personal aspects, including economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, movements or identifying characteristics in furtherance of automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects (i.e., the provision or denial of financial or lending services, housing, insurance, enrollment in education or educational opportunity, criminal justice, employment opportunities, or health care services).

Other obligations and restrictions may apply depending on the type of data processed.

• Up to $10,000 per violation.

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