{ "batch": "852-vermont-age-verification-laws", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r852_vermont_age_verification_laws_852_vermont_age_verification_laws_anchor_09_062", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Vermont Statutes Online: Title 9 chapter 062 heading (anchor)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Vermont General Assembly's official Vermont Statutes Online publishes 9 V.S.A. chapter 62 under the heading quoted. Subchapter 6 of chapter 62 is the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, effective January 1, 2027.", "body": "The Vermont General Assembly's official Vermont Statutes Online publishes 9 V.S.A. chapter 62 under the heading quoted. Subchapter 6 of chapter 62 is the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, effective January 1, 2027.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n“Chapter 062 : Protection of Personal Information”\n\nNote: Anchor record: the legislature's own statute site, legislature.vermont.gov (state domain).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/chapter/09/062", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "Chapter 062 : Protection of Personal Information", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "852-vermont-age-verification-laws", "subject": "Vermont Statutes Online", "topic": "Title 9 chapter 062 heading (anchor)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r852_vermont_age_verification_laws_852_vermont_age_verification_laws_aadc_head", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 9 V.S.A. chapter 62 subchapter 6: Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act: effective January 1, 2027", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The index of 9 V.S.A. chapter 62 lists Subchapter 006, the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, whose sections are marked 'Effective January 1, 2027'; it is general online child-privacy law and not a statute aimed at adult websites.", "body": "The index of 9 V.S.A. chapter 62 lists Subchapter 006, the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, whose sections are marked 'Effective January 1, 2027'; it is general online child-privacy law and not a statute aimed at adult websites.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n“Subchapter 006 : Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act § 2449a. Definitions [Effective January 1, 2027]”\n\nNote: Dated 2026-10-19: not yet in force.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/chapter/09/062", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "Subchapter 006 : Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act § 2449a. Definitions [Effective January 1, 2027]", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "852-vermont-age-verification-laws", "subject": "9 V.S.A. chapter 62 subchapter 6", "topic": "Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act: effective January 1, 2027", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r852_vermont_age_verification_laws_852_vermont_age_verification_laws_covered", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 9 V.S.A. § 2449a: Covered business defined", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 9 V.S.A. 2449a(10): a covered business is a sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC, corporation or other entity that conducts business in Vermont, generates a majority of its annual revenue from online services, offers products reasonably likely to be accessed by a minor, collects consumers' personal data, and determines the purposes and means of processing it.", "body": "9 V.S.A. 2449a(10): a covered business is a sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC, corporation or other entity that conducts business in Vermont, generates a majority of its annual revenue from online services, offers products reasonably likely to be accessed by a minor, collects consumers' personal data, and determines the purposes and means of processing it.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n““Covered business” means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, other legal entity, or an affiliate thereof: (A) that conducts business in this State; (B) that generates a majority of its annual revenue from online services; (C) whose online products, services, or features are reasonably likely to be accessed by a minor; (D) that collects consumers’ personal data or has consumers’ personal data collected on its behalf by a processor; and (E) that alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers”\n\nNote: A sole proprietorship can be a covered business, but only if all five conditions are met, including that its online products are reasonably likely to be accessed by a minor and that it collects consumers' personal data. A creator selling through someone else's platform and not collecting data themselves would not meet (D) and (E) on these words alone.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/09/062/02449a", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "“Covered business” means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, other legal entity, or an affiliate thereof: (A) that conducts business in this State; (B) that generates a majority of its annual revenue from online services; (C) whose online products, services, or features are reasonably likely to be accessed by a minor; (D) that collects consumers’ personal data or has consumers’ personal data collected on its behalf by a processor; and (E) that alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "852-vermont-age-verification-laws", "subject": "9 V.S.A. § 2449a", "topic": "Covered business defined", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r852_vermont_age_verification_laws_852_vermont_age_verification_laws_age_assure", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 9 V.S.A. § 2449a: Age assurance defined", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 9 V.S.A. 2449a(2): age assurance encompasses a range of methods used to determine, estimate, or communicate the age or an age range of an online user.", "body": "9 V.S.A. 2449a(2): age assurance encompasses a range of methods used to determine, estimate, or communicate the age or an age range of an online user.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n““Age assurance” encompasses a range of methods used to determine, estimate, or communicate the age or an age range of an online user.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/09/062/02449a", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "“Age assurance” encompasses a range of methods used to determine, estimate, or communicate the age or an age range of an online user.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "852-vermont-age-verification-laws", "subject": "9 V.S.A. § 2449a", "topic": "Age assurance defined", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r852_vermont_age_verification_laws_852_vermont_age_verification_laws_age_privacy", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 9 V.S.A. § 2449g: Age assurance privacy duties", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 9 V.S.A. 2449g(a): during age assurance, covered businesses and processors must collect only personal data strictly necessary, immediately delete it once the user's age range is determined (keeping only the age range), not reuse or combine it, not disclose it to non-processor third parties, and offer an appeal; the Attorney General is to adopt rules on methods by January 1, 2027.", "body": "9 V.S.A. 2449g(a): during age assurance, covered businesses and processors must collect only personal data strictly necessary, immediately delete it once the user's age range is determined (keeping only the age range), not reuse or combine it, not disclose it to non-processor third parties, and offer an appeal; the Attorney General is to adopt rules on methods by January 1, 2027.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n“During the process of conducting age assurance, covered businesses and processors shall: (1) only collect personal data of a user that is strictly necessary for age assurance; (2) immediately upon determining whether a user is a covered minor, delete any personal data collected of that user for age assurance, except the determination of the user’s age range; (3) not use any personal data of a user collected for age assurance for any other purpose; (4) not combine personal data of a user collected for age assurance, except the determination of the user’s age range, with any other personal data of the user; (5) not disclose personal data of a user collected for age assurance to a third party that is not a processor; and (6) implement a review process to allow users to appeal their age determination.”\n\nNote: The subchapter regulates how age assurance data is handled; it does not by this text require a covered business to verify every visitor's age.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/09/062/02449g", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "During the process of conducting age assurance, covered businesses and processors shall: (1) only collect personal data of a user that is strictly necessary for age assurance; (2) immediately upon determining whether a user is a covered minor, delete any personal data collected of that user for age assurance, except the determination of the user’s age range; (3) not use any personal data of a user collected for age assurance for any other purpose; (4) not combine personal data of a user collected for age assurance, except the determination of the user’s age range, with any other personal data of the user; (5) not disclose personal data of a user collected for age assurance to a third party that is not a processor; and (6) implement a review process to allow users to appeal their age determination.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "852-vermont-age-verification-laws", "subject": "9 V.S.A. § 2449g", "topic": "Age assurance privacy duties", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r852_vermont_age_verification_laws_852_vermont_age_verification_laws_aadc_enf", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 9 V.S.A. § 2449h: Enforcement by the Attorney General", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 9 V.S.A. 2449h: a violation is an unfair and deceptive act in commerce under 9 V.S.A. 2453, and the Attorney General has the same rulemaking, investigation and civil action authority as under chapter 63.", "body": "9 V.S.A. 2449h: a violation is an unfair and deceptive act in commerce under 9 V.S.A. 2453, and the Attorney General has the same rulemaking, investigation and civil action authority as under chapter 63.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n“A covered business or processor that violates this subchapter or rules adopted pursuant to this subchapter commits an unfair and deceptive act in commerce in violation of section 2453 of this title. (b) The Attorney General shall have the same authority under this subchapter to make rules, conduct civil investigations, bring civil actions, and enter into assurances of discontinuance as provided under chapter 63 of this title.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/09/062/02449h", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "A covered business or processor that violates this subchapter or rules adopted pursuant to this subchapter commits an unfair and deceptive act in commerce in violation of section 2453 of this title. (b) The Attorney General shall have the same authority under this subchapter to make rules, conduct civil investigations, bring civil actions, and enter into assurances of discontinuance as provided under chapter 63 of this title.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "852-vermont-age-verification-laws", "subject": "9 V.S.A. § 2449h", "topic": "Enforcement by the Attorney General", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r852_vermont_age_verification_laws_852_vermont_age_verification_laws_aadc_230", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 9 V.S.A. § 2449i: Limitation: no liability inconsistent with 47 U.S.C. 230", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 9 V.S.A. 2449i: nothing in the subchapter shall be construed to impose liability inconsistent with 47 U.S.C. 230 or to prevent a covered minor from deliberately searching for or requesting any media.", "body": "9 V.S.A. 2449i: nothing in the subchapter shall be construed to impose liability inconsistent with 47 U.S.C. 230 or to prevent a covered minor from deliberately searching for or requesting any media.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n“Nothing in this subchapter shall be interpreted or construed to: (1) impose liability in a manner that is inconsistent with 47 U.S.C. § 230; or (2) prevent or preclude any covered minor from deliberately or independently searching for, or specifically requesting, any media.”\n\nNote: 47 U.S.C. 230 is named in the Vermont statute's own text; it is cited here only because the Vermont section cites it.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/09/062/02449i", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "Nothing in this subchapter shall be interpreted or construed to: (1) impose liability in a manner that is inconsistent with 47 U.S.C. § 230; or (2) prevent or preclude any covered minor from deliberately or independently searching for, or specifically requesting, any media.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "852-vermont-age-verification-laws", "subject": "9 V.S.A. § 2449i", "topic": "Limitation: no liability inconsistent with 47 U.S.C. 230", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r852_vermont_age_verification_laws_852_vermont_age_verification_laws_no_porn_av", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] No Vermont statute requires age verification for adult websites", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] No section of the 9 V.S.A. chapter 62 index or of 13 V.S.A. chapter 63 imposes a duty to verify visitors' ages on sites publishing sexual content; Vermont's obscenity chapter reaches distribution only where the sender has actual knowledge that the recipient is a minor (13 V.S.A. 2802a).", "body": "No section of the 9 V.S.A. chapter 62 index or of 13 V.S.A. chapter 63 imposes a duty to verify visitors' ages on sites publishing sexual content; Vermont's obscenity chapter reaches distribution only where the sender has actual knowledge that the recipient is a minor (13 V.S.A. 2802a).\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n“Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure Chapter 063 : Obscenity”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from an index/listing or page that does not mention it, not from operative text). Read the 9 V.S.A. chapter 62 index and the 13 V.S.A. chapter 63 text on 2026-10-19; searched the Title 9 and Title 13 chapter indexes for 'age verification' headings. Searched only those titles; pending bills (for example a social media age-verification bill) were not read from the legislature site and are not statutes.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/chapter/13/063", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "CREATOR STRATEGY", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure Chapter 063 : Obscenity", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "852-vermont-age-verification-laws", "subject": "Vermont adult-site age-verification statute", "topic": "No Vermont statute requires age verification for adult websites", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } } ] }