The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below now include the actions of the 2026 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 18: Health
Chapter 042C: Neurological Rights
§ 1891. Purpose; individual rights
The State of Vermont recognizes that each individual has the right to:
(1) mental and neural data privacy;
(2) the freedom of thought;
(3) nondiscrimination in the development and application of neurotechnologies;
(4) change an individual’s decision regarding neurotechnology and the right to determine by what means to change that decision;
(5) be afforded protection from neurotechnological interventions of the mind and from unauthorized access to or manipulation of an individual’s brain activity; and
(6) be afforded protection from unauthorized neurotechnological alterations in mental functions critical to personality. (Added 2025, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 18, 2026.)