Bills Introduced & Pending
The following bills are bills that I am leading or co-leading for the 2025-2026 biennium. For a full list of bills I have signed onto as a co-sponsor, you can visit my page on the Vermont General Assembly’s website. Click each accordion item to see more information as it is added.
Consumer Protection
H.160 Right to Repair: Medical Devices (Co-Lead)
H.160 An act relating to creating a right to repair for medical devices
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.160
H.161 Vermont Fair Repair Act: General, Agriculture & Forestry (Co-Lead)
H.161 An act relating to the Vermont Fair Repair Act
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.161
H.208 Vermont Data Privacy & Online Surveillance Act (Companion S.71)
H.208 An act relating to consumer data privacy and online surveillance
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.208
Supplemental Documents:
- (2025/02/12) Vermont Data Privacy & Online Surveillance Act Overview
- (2025/02/12) Opportunities and Responsibilities for Businesses & Nonprofits Under VDPOSA
- (2025/12/21) What Were the Most Significant Changes Between the 2024 & 2025 Versions of VDPOSA?
- (2025/12/21) RELEASED_GENERAL-#378938-v1-25-0139;_Rep__Priestley;_Data_Privacy_Act
H.210 Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (Companion S.69)
H.210 An act relating to an age-appropriate design code
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.210
Supplemental Documents:
H.211 Vermont Delete Act (Companion S.70)
H.211 An act relating to data brokers and personal information
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.211
Supplemental Documents:
H.340 AI: Algorithmic Discrimination & Automated Decision Systems
H.340 An act relating to regulating developers and deployers of certain automated decision systems
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.340
H.341 AI: Oversight & Safety Standards
H.341 An act relating to creating oversight and safety standards for developers and deployers of inherently dangerous artificial intelligence systems
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.341
H.360 Privacy Protections for Mobile Identifications
H.360 An act relating to privacy protections for mobile identification
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.360
H.366 Neurological Rights
H.366 An act relating to neurological rights
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.366
H.389 Rental Housing Price Fixing (Short Form)
H.389 An act relating to restricting the use of artificial intelligence to affect rental housing pricing and availability
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.389
H.390 Advertising Technology Transparency (Short Form)
H.390 An act relating to restrictions on digital advertising brokers
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.390
H.391 Business Model Transparency (Short Form)
H.391 An act relating to the disclosure of transactions involving personally identifiable information
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.391
H.520 Digital Choice Act (Short Form)
H.520 An act relating to the right of users to control their social media data
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.520
H.699 Unfair & Deceptive Acts or Practices Updates
H.699 An act relating to consumer protection from abusive acts or practices
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.699
H.706 Browser Opt-Out
H.706 An act relating to internet browsers and data selling
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.706
H.776 Use of AI in Healthcare Coverage Decisions
H.776 An act relating to t use of artificial intelligence in altcare coverage decisions
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.776
H.783 Consumers’ Right to Know When Engaging with a Chatbot
H.783 An act relating to ctbot disclosure requirements
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.783
H.784 People-First AI Companions
H.784 An act relating to the regulation of chatbots
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.784
H.792 AI Product Liability
H.792 An act relating to liability standards for developers and deployers of artificial intelligence systems
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.792
H.812 Duty of Data Loyalty
H.812 An act relating to data loyalty
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.812
Government Technology
H.720 Cloud Compute as Public Utility (Co-Lead)
H.720 An act relating to the Cloud Computing Public Utility Act
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.720
H.752 Expansion of State Government AI Inventory
H.752 An act relating to the Agency of Digital Services
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.752
H.791 State Information Practices Act
H.791 An act relating to State government and information privacy
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.791
Judiciary
H.342 Nondisclosure Of Certain Public Servant Personal Information
H.342 An act relating to protecting the personal information of certain public servants
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.342
Supplemental Documents:
Housing & Economic Development
H.257 Right to Start / Office of Entrepreneurship
H.257 An act relating to creating the Office of Entrepreneurship
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.257
H.332 Small Business Technical Assistance Exchange
H.332 An act relating to the creation of the Small Business Technical Assistance Exchange
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.332
H.730 Act 250 Location-Based Jurisdiction (Co-Lead)
H.730 An act relating to Act 250 location-based jurisdiction
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.730
H.793 Corporate Power Reset (Co-Lead)
H.793 An act relating to removing the power of Vermont corporations to spend money on election activities
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.793
Labor
H.261 4-Day Work Week
H.261 An act relating to establishing a 32-hour workweek
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.261
H.262 Employee Electronic Monitoring & Automated Decision Making Systems
H.262 An act relating to restricting electronic monitoring of employees and the use of employment-related automated decision systems
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.262
H.263 Right to Disconnect
H.263 An act relating to creating a right for employees to disconnect from work
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.263
H.387 Right of Publicity (Short Form)
H.387 An act relating to the creation of a property right for an individual’s personal characteristics
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.387
H.714 Automated Decisions Affecting State Employees (Co-Lead)
H.714 An act relating to automated employment decision making and State employees
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.714
Education
H.297 Free Degree Promise Program for the Community College of Vermont
H.297 An act relating to the creation of the Free Degree Promise Grant Program for the Community College of Vermont
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.297
H.318 Computer Science Education
H.318 An act relating to computer science in Vermont’s public schools
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.318
H.705 Secular Student Bill of Rights (Co-Lead)
H.705 An act relating to the creation of the Student Secular Bill of Rights
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.705
Health
H.260 Vermont Food Safety Act (Co-Lead)
H.260 An act relating to prohibiting certain substances in food manufactured, sold, or distributed in Vermont
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.260
H.417 School Food Safety Act (Co-Lead)
H.417 An act relating to prohibiting certain artificial dyes in foods and beverages served or sold at school
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.417
Financial Regulation & Insurance
H.124 Dept. of Financial Regulation Supervision & Annual Report
H.124 An act relating to the Commissioner of Financial Regulation and an annual supervision and regulation report
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.124
H.163 Workers’ Compensation Updates
H.163 An act relating to workers’ compensation
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.163
H.356 Unemployment Benefit Modernization Advisory Committee
H.356 An act relating to the creation of the Unemployment Compensation Benefit Modernization Advisory Committee
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.356
Special Funds & Tax
H.164 Local Option Tax Revenue & PILOT Special Fund (Short Form)
H.164 An act relating to the distribution of local option tax revenue and the PILOT Special Fund
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.164
H.443 Vacant Property Tax (Short Form, Co-Lead)
H.443 An act relating to a tax on vacant properties
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.443
