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VT S0150

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

Tanya Vyhovsky

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes privacy requirements for mobile identification (digital driver's licenses), including "attribute authentication" allowing age verification without revealing birth date, and "selective disclosure" letting holders control which data fields are shared during verification

  • Prohibits law enforcement from taking physical possession of a device to access mobile identification; requires verification systems to prevent tracking of where and when mobile IDs are accessed

  • Bars digital service providers, app developers, and verification system operators from collecting, retaining, or sharing mobile ID data except as required by law; limits data requests to only what is reasonably necessary for the transaction

  • Creates private right of action with damages of $2,500 for negligent violations and $5,000 for intentional violations, plus actual damages, attorney's fees, and injunctive relief; Attorney General may also enforce as unfair commercial practice

  • Restricts automated traffic law enforcement (ATLE) system images to speeding enforcement only, limits access to violations within prior 12 months, exempts images from public records requests, and prohibits their use in subpoenas or discovery except for speeding enforcement proceedings

  • Effective date: July 1, 2025

Legislative Description

An act relating to privacy protections for mobile identification and images recorded by automated traffic law enforcement systems

Last Action

Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Transportation

4/9/2025

Committee Referrals

Transportation4/9/2025

Full Bill Text

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