Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code (S.69)
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Became Law
Signed; takes effect Jan 1, 2027; age check rules proposed
Vermont's kids code, signed June 2025, takes effect January 2027. The attorney general has proposed rules on design practices and on how sites check ages.
Latest update
Public comment on the proposed rules closed; both rules are still proposed
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- Where
- Vermont, United States
- Bill number
- Vermont S.69 (Act 63)
- Status
- Law
- January 1, 2027
- Threat
- Medium
- Last update
- October 2, 2026
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What it does
Businesses running online services likely to be accessed by minors under 18 must meet design and data duties built around child protection. Signed June 12, 2025; the substantive requirements start January 1, 2027. The attorney general posted two proposed rules on August 5, 2026: 26P027 lists prohibited data and design practices, and 26P028 sets how covered businesses must determine whether a user is a minor. Public comment closed October 2, 2026, and both rules are still proposed.
What’s at stake
Vermont makes it clear the design-code model keeps spreading even with California's version enjoined and Maryland's in litigation. Small state, same template, same expanding map.
Our take
Same playbook, same problem. You cannot give minors a special version of the internet without working out who the minors are, and that sorting falls on every visitor, not just the kids.
Timeline
Takes effectUpcoming
Public comment on the proposed rules closed; both rules are still proposedLatest
Public hearing on the proposed rules
Attorney General posted two proposed rules: 26P027 on banned data and design practices, and 26P028 on how businesses check ages
AG rulemaking authority took effect
Signed into law (Act 63)
Signed into law
The record
Votes
- Senate: Passage (25 to 5)
- House: Passage (133 to 9), May 23, 2025
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