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AI Laws in Burlington, Vermont
As of 2026-08-12, AI Laws USA tracks 19 AI rules that apply to people and businesses in Burlington, Vermont: 10+ federal protections, 9 Vermont state-level rules (no Burlington-specific ordinances are indexed yet). Coverage is strongest on government use of AI, consumer data privacy, consumer protection, and police and surveillance AI. 8 of these rules are already in effect. Each entry below links to its official source.
Burlington local AI rules (and Chittenden County)
No city- or county-specific AI ordinances are currently indexed for Burlington, Vermont.
- Honest gap: We don't currently index any Burlington-specific AI ordinances. Federal and Vermont state rules still apply throughout the city. Have we missed something? Email feedback@ailawsusa.com.
Vermont-level AI rules most relevant to Burlington
9 Vermont state rules apply to residents and businesses in Burlington. Showing the 8 most relevant to Burlington's local picture; 1 more are on the Vermont jurisdiction page.
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In effect Limited protection
Attorney General Donovan Sues Clearview AI for Violations of
Vermont · Effective 2020-03-10 · Attorney General Donovan Sues Clearview AI for Violations of Consumer Protection Act and Data Broker Law
The Vermont Attorney General sued Clearview AI under the Consumer Protection Act and Data Broker Law for scraping Vermonters' photos and using facial-recognition AI to map faces and sell access without consent.
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In effect Limited protection
VT AG Clark
VT · Effective 2026-03-24 · VT AG Clark — 17-State Coalition Letter on Data Broker AI Surveillance Loophole (2026-03-24)
Joined 17-state coalition urging Congress to close the loophole letting federal agencies purchase commercial data for AI surveillance, bypassing Fourth Amendment protections.
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In effect Moderate protection
VT S.124 (statewide FR moratorium)
VT · Effective 2020-10-07 · 2020 Vt. Acts & Res. No. 166 §14
Vermont S.124 bars Vermont law enforcement from acquiring or using facial-recognition technology absent express legislative authorization — the nation's strongest statewide ban.
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Enacted (not yet in effect) Moderate protection
Vermont Data Broker Law (H.211)
Vermont · Enacted 2026-06-16 · Vt. H.211 (2025-2026 biennium); signed June 16, 2026
Vermont enacted a law tightening rules on data brokers — companies that buy and sell people's personal information, the same data that feeds profiling and AI systems. Signed by Gov. Phil Scott on June 16, 2026, it strengthens Vermont's existing data-broker regulation and personal-information protections.
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In effect Limited protection
Vermont H.410 / Act 132 (inventory of state AI / automated decision systems)
Vermont · Effective 2022-07-01 · 2022 Vt. Acts & Resolves No. 132 (H.410); 3 V.S.A. 3305
Vermont directed its Agency of Digital Services to review and catalog every automated decision system the state is building, using, or buying. The inventory must document each system's name, vendor, capabilities, data inputs, whether it was tested for bias, its intended purpose, and its costs, covering both systems that decide on their own and those that assist a human. The law also created state AI governance bodies, including a Division of Artificial Intelligence and an AI Advisory Council.
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In effect Limited protection
Executive Order No. 04-26 - Vermont Artificial Intelligence
Vermont · Effective 2026-05-18 · Executive Order No. 04-26 - Vermont Artificial Intelligence Economic Task Force
Governor Phil Scott established the Vermont Artificial Intelligence Economic Task Force to assess how AI is reshaping the state economy and recommend, within 90 days, up to five ways state government could adopt AI to better serve the public.
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In effect Limited protection
VT DOI AI Bulletin
VT · Effective 2024-03-12 · Vermont DFR Insurance Bulletin 229 (2024-03-12)
The VT Department of Insurance adopted the NAIC Model Bulletin on Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems by Insurers. Insurers licensed in VT must maintain a written AI program with governance, risk-management, testing, third-party-AI oversight, and documentation controls. The bulletin operationalizes existing unfair-trade-practice and unfair-discrimination law as applied to insurers' AI use cases — underwriting, pricing, claims, fraud detection, and marketing.
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In effect Limited protection
Vermont NCII Deepfake Law
Vermont · Effective 2024-07-01 · 2024 VT Acts No. 161; 13 V.S.A. § 2606
Vermont amended its revenge-porn statute to explicitly criminalize nonconsensual disclosure of AI-generated and digitally manipulated sexually explicit images, expanding 'visual image' to include images created or altered by digitization.
Federal AI rules that apply in Burlington, Vermont
These federal protections apply everywhere in the United States, including Burlington, Vermont. Showing the 10 strongest and most recent.
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In effect Stronger protection
Bartz v. Anthropic
N.D. Cal. · Effective 2025-09-05 · Bartz v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:24-cv-05417 (N.D. Cal.)
Authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson sued Anthropic over its use of pirated-book datasets to train Claude. In June 2025 Judge William Alsup ruled that training on lawfully purchased books was fair use. The piracy claims (LibGen ingestion) proceeded toward settlement; in September 2025 Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion class settlement covering ~500,000 works. Judge Alsup granted preliminary approval September 25, 2025 and final approval July 20, 2026. The appeal period runs through August 19, 2026; class members will not receive payments until at least end of 2026.
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In effect Stronger protection
Benavides v. Tesla (Autopilot)
S.D. Fla. · Effective 2025-08-01 · Benavides v. Tesla, Inc., No. 1:21-cv-21940 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 1, 2025)
A Florida federal jury found Tesla 33% liable in August 2025 for the 2019 death of Naibel Benavides Leon, in a crash involving Autopilot. The jury awarded $243M ($129M compensatory + $200M punitive); in February 2026 the court denied Tesla's post-trial motions and upheld the verdict in full — the first Autopilot wrongful-death verdict against Tesla.
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In effect Stronger protection
COPPA + 2025 Rule (childrens data)
United States · Effective 2025-06-23 · 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501–6506; 16 C.F.R. Part 312
COPPA requires online services aimed at children under 13 to get verifiable parental consent before collecting kids' personal data. The 2025 rule update — fully in effect since April 22, 2026 — adds biometric identifiers (like face templates and voiceprints, which matter for AI tools), requires separate parental consent before sharing children's data for targeted advertising, and tightens data retention limits.
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In effect Stronger protection
TAKE IT DOWN Act
United States · Effective 2025-05-19 · Pub. L. No. 119-12 (S. 146)
Makes it a federal crime to knowingly publish intimate images of someone without consent, including AI-generated deepfakes. Social media and similar platforms must give victims a way to request removal and must take the content (and known copies) down within 48 hours. The platform removal requirement became enforceable May 19, 2026, and the FTC has already begun enforcement.
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Blocked / in litigation Stronger protection
NetChoice v. Yost (Ohio)
S.D. Ohio · Effective 2025-04-16 · NetChoice, LLC v. Yost, No. 2:24-cv-00047 (S.D. Ohio Apr. 16, 2025)
Ohio's Social Media Parental Notification Act — requiring parental consent for minors' social-media use, including algorithmic feeds — was preliminarily enjoined on February 12, 2024, then permanently enjoined on April 16, 2025 when the district court granted summary judgment for NetChoice. The state appealed to the Sixth Circuit, which vacated the district court's injunction in 2026.
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In effect Stronger protection
Thaler v. Perlmutter (Copyright)
D.C. Cir. · Effective 2025-03-18 · Thaler v. Perlmutter, 130 F.4th 1039 (D.C. Cir. 2025)
The companion copyright case: Stephen Thaler sought to register a copyright with 'Creativity Machine' (his AI) as the author. The D.C. Circuit affirmed in March 2025 that the Copyright Act's human-authorship requirement is dispositive as a matter of statutory law. AI cannot be a copyright author under U.S. law.
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In effect Stronger protection
Thomson Reuters v. Ross
D. Del. · Effective 2025-02-11 · Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH v. Ross Intelligence, Inc., No. 1:20-cv-00613 (D. Del. Feb. 11, 2025)
Thomson Reuters sued legal-research startup Ross Intelligence in 2020 for copying Westlaw headnotes to train a competing AI legal-research tool. In February 2025, Judge Stephanos Bibas (sitting by designation) granted summary judgment to Thomson Reuters on direct copyright infringement and rejected Ross's fair-use defense — the first definitive U.S. ruling on AI-training fair use. No jury trial occurred: a 2023 opinion had denied summary judgment and pointed toward trial, but the court invited renewed briefing and reversed course in the 2025 ruling.
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In effect Stronger protection
Louis v. SafeRent
D. Mass. · Effective 2024-11-20 · Louis v. SafeRent Solutions, LLC, No. 1:22-cv-10800 (D. Mass.)
SafeRent agreed in November 2024 to a $2.275M settlement and a five-year ban on using its 'SafeRent Score' for housing-voucher applicants, after a class action alleged its AI tenant-screening tool systematically denied housing to Black and Hispanic Section 8 voucher holders. The first major AI tenant-screening Fair Housing Act settlement.
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In effect Stronger protection
FTC Impersonation Rule (AI)
United States · Effective 2024-04-01 · 16 C.F.R. Part 461; 89 Fed. Reg. 15017
The FTC's Impersonation Rule lets the agency directly sue scammers who pretend to be a government agency or a real business — including those who use AI-cloned voices or generated images to do so. Civil penalties can reach $53,088 per violation. The FTC also issued a supplemental notice in February 2024 proposing to extend the rule to all individual impersonation.
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In effect Stronger protection
TCPA (AI voice calls)
United States · Effective 2024-02-08 · 47 U.S.C. § 227; FCC 24-17
Robocalls using AI-cloned or AI-generated voices are treated like other 'artificial voice' calls: callers need your prior express consent, must identify themselves, and must offer opt-outs for telemarketing. You can personally sue violators for $500 to $1,500 per illegal call.
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