VermontData brokers would verify information users and report certain breaches
Data brokers would verify people seeking brokered information and notify officials and affected Vermont consumers after certain breaches.
What it does
Data brokers would have to verify who receives brokered personal information and why, and report certain breaches to officials and affected Vermont consumers.
Data brokers would pay a $900 yearly registration fee, provide more business information, and face daily or civil penalties for registration violations.
The Secretary of State would study an online tool that could let consumers delete their brokered information across different data brokers, with a report due in 2028.
Three members would be added to the Cybersecurity Advisory Council, while educational technology providers would give the state more business and product information.
Argument forVerification and breach notices could help Vermont consumers learn when their brokered information is exposed and limit disclosures to identified users and purposes.
Argument againstHigher fees, detailed filings, and daily penalties could increase compliance costs for data brokers and educational technology providers.
More detail
Data brokers would verify a person and the person’s purpose before disclosing brokered personal information. The rule covers data brokers handling brokered personal information, including information about Vermont residents. The data broker must verify both the person receiving the information and the purposes for using it. When applicable, data brokers must notify the Attorney General and affected consumers about breaches involving Vermonters’ brokered personal information. The act lists multiple effective dates beginning July 1, 2026, but this summary does not assign a specific date to each requirement.
Data brokers would pay a $900 annual registration fee and provide more business information when registering with the Secretary of State. The requirements apply to data brokers that must register to operate in Vermont. Operating without registration would carry a $200 daily penalty. Failing to provide required registration information would carry a $1,000 daily penalty. Filing materially incorrect registration information would carry a $25,000 civil penalty, plus a $1,000 daily penalty until corrected. The act lists multiple effective dates beginning July 1, 2026, but this summary does not assign a specific date to each fee, registration duty, or penalty.
The Secretary of State would study whether Vermont could create an online system for consumers to delete brokered personal information held by different data brokers. The study concerns brokered personal information held by various data brokers and a possible consumer deletion system. The requirement calls for a feasibility study and report, not an immediate online deletion system. The final report would be due December 1, 2028.
The Cybersecurity Advisory Council would receive three additional members, and educational technology providers would supply more business and product information in state filings. The council change affects the Cybersecurity Advisory Council; the filing duties apply to providers of educational technology products filing with the Secretary of State. Educational technology providers would include a link to their most recent privacy policy and the name and description of each product they provide. The council’s repeal date would extend to 2033. The act lists multiple effective dates beginning July 1, 2026, but does not assign a specific date to these provisions in the supplied summary.
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History
- 2026
- May 29House message: Governor approved bill on June 16, 2026Latest
- May 29Signed by Governor Phil Scott on June 16, 2026Became Law
- May 29Delivered to Governor on June 10, 2026To Governor
- May 29House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendmentMinor
- May 29Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to deliver the bill to the Governor forthwith, which was agreed to
- May 29Senate proposal of amendment concurred inMinor
- May 29Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- May 29Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of AmendmentMinor
- May 28Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendmentMinor
- May 28Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth
- May 28Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendmentPassed 2nd Chamber
- May 28Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Baruth
- May 283rd reading ordered
- May 28Proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs, as amended, agreed toMinor
- May 28Proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs amended as recommended by Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- May 28Reported favorably by Senator Brennan for Committee on Appropriations with proposal of amendmentMinor
- May 28Reported favorably by Senator Chittenden for Committee on FinanceMinor
- May 28Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Chittenden for Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General AffairsMinor
- May 28Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
- May 28Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- May 28Rules suspended on motion of Senator Baruth
- May 28Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- May 28Rules suspended on motion of Senator Baruth
- Mar 27Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General AffairsMinor
- Mar 25Read third time and passedPassed 1st Chamber
- Mar 25Action Calendar: Third ReadingMinor
- Mar 24Third Reading orderedMinor
- Mar 24Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development agreed to
- Mar 24Rep. Mrowicki of Putney recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- Mar 24Rep. Burkhardt of South Burlington recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- Mar 24Rep. Priestley of Bradford reported for the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- Mar 24Read second timeMinor
- Mar 24Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- Mar 20Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- Mar 19Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- Mar 17Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- Mar 17Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- 2025
- Feb 12Read first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic DevelopmentIntroduced
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