Bills Introduced & Pending

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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.

2026 Drafts Pending

People-First AI Companions
AI Product Liability
Consumers’ Right to Know When Engaging with a Chatbot
Use of AI in Healthcare Coverage Decisions
Expansion of State Government AI Inventory
Automated Decisions Affecting State Employees
State Information Practices Act
Unfair & Deceptive Acts or Practices Updates
Browser Opt-Out
Duty of Data Loyalty
Corporate Power Reset
Secular Student Bill of Rights
Cloud Compute as Public Utility

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:

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

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:

(2025/03/16) Vermont Public Servant Personal Information Protection Act Overview

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

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.388 Digital Replicas (Short Form)

H.388 An act relating to the protection of an individual’s digital replica
Track: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.388

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

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