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VT H0855
Bill
Status
2/3/2026
Primary Sponsor
Zachary Harvey
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AI Summary
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Prohibits defendants who developed, modified, or used artificial intelligence from claiming as a legal defense that the AI "autonomously caused" harm to a plaintiff in civil lawsuits
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Defendants may still raise other affirmative defenses and present evidence related to causation, foreseeability, or contributory/comparative negligence
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Defines "artificial intelligence" as an engineered or machine-based system with varying autonomy that can infer from inputs how to generate outputs influencing physical or virtual environments
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Adds new section 1036a to Title 12 of Vermont Statutes Annotated (court procedures)
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Takes effect immediately upon passage
Legislative Description
An act relating to defenses in civil actions based on harm caused by artificial intelligence
Last Action
Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
2/3/2026