# Vermont

Every law and rule change USCLI tracks for Vermont, across the professions, on one page. Each entry links to its full write-up and official sources.

Source: https://uscli.org/states/vermont

## Licensing Ledger

Vermont licenses private investigators through the Office of Professional Regulation. The licensing chapter has not been amended since 2020, but fees rose in 2023, a 2026 voyeurism rewrite kept the investigator exemption, and a data broker rewrite taking effect January 1, 2027 will require brokers to verify buyers’ identity and review their stated purpose.

[Full Vermont page: every change, its sources, and what has not changed](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/vermont) (4 entries).

- Jul 1, 2026 — **[Voyeurism statute rewritten; investigator exemption kept](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/vermont#act-89)** — Act 89 (2026), H.626 — Rewrites 13 V.S.A. 2605 into separate offenses for unlawful viewing, recording, and home surveillance without consent, keeps the up-to-5-year penalty for disclosing an unlawfully recorded image, and adds a civil cause of action for that disclosure and…
- Jul 1, 2026 — **[Genetic data privacy for consumer testing companies](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/vermont#act-135)** — Act 135 (2026), H.639 — Requires direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies to get a consumer’s separate express consent before disclosing genetic data to a third party, naming the recipient and purpose, and to honor revocation and deletion requests (9 V.S.A. 2421a to 2421d).
- Jun 8, 2026 — **[License rescission process](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/vermont#act-119)** — Act 119 (2026), H.588 — Lets the Office of Professional Regulation rescind a license issued by administrative mistake or for which the application fee was not paid, with notice and an opportunity for review or a hearing; a rescission is not recorded as discipline (3 V.S.A. 129c).
- Jun 20, 2023 — **[Investigator license fees raised](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/vermont#act-77)** — Act 77 (2023), H.305 — Raised fees in 3 V.S.A. 125(b): unarmed licensee application from $150 to $175 and renewal from $120 to $140; armed licensee application from $200 to $230 and renewal from $180 to $205; agency renewal from $300 to $345. The sole proprietor fee stayed $250.

## Officer Ledger

The Officer Ledger has not published a Vermont page yet. [See the states it covers](https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker).

## Forensic Ledger

The Forensic Ledger has not published a Vermont page yet. [See the states it covers](https://uscli.org/forensic-science-tracker).