The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 9 V.S.A. § 2464e)
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§ 2464e. Robocalls; prohibition; penalty
(a) Intent. It is the intent of the General Assembly in adopting this section to create State
law prohibition on the placement of robocalls to Vermont consumers that is coextensive
with the federal limitations created in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the
Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, the regulations adopted
under those Acts, and the judicial construction of these laws.
(b) Prohibition. A person shall not initiate an automatically dialed or prerecorded telephone call
to a Vermont consumer in violation of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act,
47 U.S.C. § 227; the federal Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 6101–6108; and the regulations adopted pursuant to those Acts, as amended.
(c) Civil violation.
(1) A violation of this section constitutes a violation of section 2453 of this title.
(2) Each prohibited telephone call constitutes a separate violation under this subsection.
(3)(A) A person who receives a telephone call in violation of this section may bring an action
in Superior Court for damages or a civil penalty, injunctive relief, punitive damages
in the case of a willful violation, and reasonable costs and attorney’s fees.
(B) The court may issue an award for the greater of a person’s damages or a civil penalty
of $500.00 for a first violation and $1,000.00 for each subsequent violation.
(d) Criminal penalties.
(1) A person who commits a knowing and willful violation of this section shall be imprisoned
for not more than 90 days or fined not more than $1,000.00 per violation, or both.
(2) Each telephone call constitutes a separate violation under this subsection.
(e) The Attorney General shall exercise his or her authority and discretion to work cooperatively
with other state and federal government entities to identify callers who initiate
robocalls to consumers in violation of this section and to enforce the provisions
of this section regardless of the location of the caller. (Added 2021, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 57, eff. July 1, 2023.)