In effect
Limited protection
Vermont Nonconsensual Deepfake Pornography Law (Act 161 of 2024, 13 V.S.A. § 2606)
Vermont · 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.
Technical detail
2024 VT Acts No. 161 amends 13 V.S.A. § 2606, adding 'digitization' to the definition of visual image; criminalizes knowing disclosure without consent with intent to harm.
Who is protected: Identifiable individuals depicted in AI-generated or altered intimate images
Who must comply: Anyone who knowingly discloses such images without consent
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | Vermont |
|---|---|
| Level | State |
| Status | In effect |
| Protection strength | Limited protection |
| Effective date | 2024-07-01 |
| Enacted | 2024-06-06 |
| Citation | 2024 VT Acts No. 161; 13 V.S.A. § 2606 |
| Enforced by | Vermont Attorney General; state prosecutors |
| Penalties | Criminal penalties per 13 V.S.A. § 2606 structure |
| Topics | non-consensual intimate imagery · deepfakes · AI-generated images |
| Last verified | 2026-06-12 |
| Official source | Vermont AG: Legislature Explicitly Criminalizes Nonconsensual Deepfake Pornography ↗ |
More AI rules in Vermont
- Vermont Data Broker Law (H.211) · Enacted (not yet in effect)
- Vermont Election Deepfake Law · In effect
- Vermont H.410 / Act 132 (inventory of state AI / automated decision systems) · In effect
- Executive Order No. 04-26 - Vermont Artificial Intelligence · In effect
- Attorney General Donovan Sues Clearview AI for Violations of · In effect
Related non-consensual intimate imagery rules elsewhere
- Arizona HB 2133 deepfake sexual content — vetoed 2026 · Vetoed
- TAKE IT DOWN Act · In effect
- DEFIANCE Act (deepfake-porn civil suits) · Proposed / pending
- NY S5959-D (2020, digital replicas + deepfake porn) · In effect
- VA HB 2678 (2019, first deepfake-NCII criminal law) · In effect
- Missouri Deepfake & Digital Media Protection Act · Proposed / pending
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