Vermont S 71 — An act relating to consumer data privacy and online surveillance
Vermont, 2025-2026. S 71: An act relating to consumer data privacy and online surveillance
Latest action
May 29, 2026 — Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 16, 2026
Summary
No summary was supplied. Use the original legislative source for the bill text.
Sponsors
- Alison Clarkson — primary sponsor
- Wendy Harrison — primary sponsor
- Nader Hashim — primary sponsor
- Joseph Major — primary sponsor
- Tanya Vyhovsky — primary sponsor
- Rebecca White — primary sponsor
Bill text
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House Proposal of Amendment (OfficialOpens in a new window) Read version ↗
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Recorded votes
Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Institutions agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Beck, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0
March 26, 2025 · Senate · pass
yes: 29 · no: 0 · not voting: 1
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (30)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Baruth | yes |
| Beck | yes |
| Bongartz | yes |
| Brennan | yes |
| Brock | yes |
| Chittenden | yes |
| Clarkson | yes |
| Collamore | yes |
| Cummings | yes |
| Douglass | yes |
| Gulick | yes |
| Hardy | yes |
| Harrison | yes |
| Hart | yes |
| Hashim | yes |
| Heffernan | yes |
| Ingalls | yes |
| Lyons | yes |
| Major | yes |
| Mattos | yes |
| Norris | yes |
| Perchlik | yes |
| Plunkett | yes |
| Ram Hinsdale | yes |
| Watson | yes |
| Weeks | yes |
| Westman | yes |
| White | yes |
| Williams | yes |
| Vyhovsky | not voting |
Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 66 of 132 to Pass -- Yeas = 129, Nays = 3
May 26, 2026 · House · pass
yes: 129 · no: 3 · not voting: 18
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (150)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Arsenault | yes |
| Austin | yes |
| Bailey | yes |
| Bartholomew | yes |
| Bartley | yes |
| Birong | yes |
| Bishop | yes |
| Black | yes |
| Bluemle | yes |
| Bosch | yes |
| Boutin | yes |
| Boyden | yes |
| Brady | yes |
| Branagan | yes |
| Brigham | yes |
| Brown | yes |
| Burditt | yes |
| Burke | yes |
| Burkhardt | yes |
| Burrows | yes |
| Burtt | yes |
| Campbell | yes |
| Canfield | yes |
| Carris Duncan | yes |
| Casey | yes |
| Casey | yes |
| Chapin | yes |
| Charlton | yes |
| Coffin | yes |
| Cole | yes |
| Conlon | yes |
| Cooper | yes |
| Corcoran | yes |
| Critchlow | yes |
| Demar | yes |
| Dickinson | yes |
| Dobrovich | yes |
| Dodge | yes |
| Dolan | yes |
| Dolgin | yes |
| Donahue | yes |
| Duke | yes |
| Durfee | yes |
| Eastes | yes |
| Emmons | yes |
| Feltus | yes |
| Galfetti | yes |
| Garofano | yes |
| Goldman | yes |
| Goodnow | yes |
| Goslant | yes |
| Graning | yes |
| Greer | yes |
| Gregoire | yes |
| Hango | yes |
| Headrick | yes |
| Higley | yes |
| Holcombe | yes |
| Hooper | yes |
| Houghton | yes |
| Howland | yes |
| Hoyt | yes |
| Hunter | yes |
| James | yes |
| Kascenska | yes |
| Keyser | yes |
| Kimbell | yes |
| Kleppner | yes |
| Kornheiser | yes |
| Labor | yes |
| Lalley | yes |
| LaLonde | yes |
| LaMont | yes |
| Laroche | yes |
| Lipsky | yes |
| Logan | yes |
| Long | yes |
| Long | yes |
| Lueders | yes |
| Malay | yes |
| Marcotte | yes |
| Masland | yes |
| McCann | yes |
| McCoy | yes |
| McGill | yes |
| Micklus | yes |
| Mihaly | yes |
| Morgan, M. | yes |
| Morris | yes |
| Morrissey | yes |
| Morrow | yes |
| Mrowicki | yes |
| Nelson | yes |
| Nielsen | yes |
| Nigro | yes |
| North | yes |
| Noyes | yes |
| Nugent | yes |
| Ode | yes |
| Oliver | yes |
| Page | yes |
| Pezzo | yes |
| Pinsonault | yes |
| Pouech | yes |
| Powers | yes |
| Pritchard | yes |
| Quimby | yes |
| Satcowitz | yes |
| Scheu | yes |
| Scully | yes |
| Sheldon | yes |
| Sibilia | yes |
| Soucy | yes |
| Southworth | yes |
| Squirrell | yes |
| Steady | yes |
| Stevens | yes |
| Sweeney | yes |
| Tagliavia | yes |
| Taylor | yes |
| Walker | yes |
| Waszazak | yes |
| Waters Evans | yes |
| Wells | yes |
| White | yes |
| White | yes |
| Winter | yes |
| Wood | yes |
| Yacovone | yes |
| Harvey | no |
| Priestley | no |
| Tomlinson | no |
| Berbeco | not voting |
| Bos-Lun | not voting |
| Christie | not voting |
| Cina | not voting |
| Harple | not voting |
| Howard | not voting |
| Krasnow | not voting |
| Krowinski | not voting |
| Luneau | not voting |
| Maguire | not voting |
| Minier | not voting |
| Morgan, L. | not voting |
| O'Brien | not voting |
| Olson | not voting |
| Parsons | not voting |
| Rachelson | not voting |
| Stone | not voting |
| Torre | not voting |
Legislative history
- Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 16, 2026
- Signed by Governor on June 16, 2026
- Delivered to Governor on June 10, 2026
- Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in
- Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Lyons
- As passed by Senate and House
- House proposal of amendment concurred in
- House proposal of amendment; text
- House proposal of amendment
- House proposal of amendment
- Entered on Notice Calendar
- House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
- Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- Third Reading ordered
- Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 66 of 132 to Pass -- Yeas = 129, Nays = 3
- Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development agreed to
- Rep. Headrick of Burlington demanded yeas and nays
- Rep. Greer of Bennington, Cole of Hartford, Galfetti of Barre Town, Headrick of Burlington, Lipsky of Stowe, Logan of Burlington, McCann of Montpelier, Sibilia of Dover, and Tomlinson of Winooski moved to amend the report of the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development, which was disagreed to
- Rep. Priestley of Bradford reported for the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- Read second time
- Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- Read first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- Read 3rd time & passed
- New Business/Third Reading
- 3rd reading ordered
- Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Institutions agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Beck, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0
- Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Beck
- Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Plunkett for Committee on Institutions
- Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Institutions
- Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions
- Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Institutions
- Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Institutions
- Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Institutions
- New Business/Second Reading
- Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Institutions
- Second Reading
- Entered on Notice Calendar
- Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs relieved; bill committed to Committee on Institutions on motion of Senator Clarkson
- Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
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