The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 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.
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 5112)
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§ 5112. Issuance of new birth certificate
(a) It is the policy of the State of Vermont to honor and acknowledge all gender identities
and protect public health and dignity of all individuals in Vermont, irrespective
of their gender. Accordingly, the State shall adopt a simple process by which an individual
may amend the marker on a birth certificate to reflect the individual’s gender identity,
including a third non-binary marker.
(b) Pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, the Department shall adopt rules as necessary for
the purposes of implementing, administering, or enforcing the requirements of this
section.
(c) The Department may adopt rules to add gender pronouns to the list of markers on a
birth certificate in order to foster a gender literate environment and reflect an
individual’s gender identity.
(d) Except as otherwise required by law, records relating to the amendment of a birth
certificate pursuant to this chapter shall be confidential and shall be exempt from
public inspection and copying under the Public Records Act. (Added 2011, No. 35, § 4, eff. May 18, 2011; amended 2015, No. 23, § 10; 2017, No. 46, § 38, eff. July 1, 2019; 2021, No. 88 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2022.)