---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement in cases involving sexual exploitation of children"
description: "An act relating to use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement in cases involving sexual exploitation of children"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 195"
citation: "Vermont H 195 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maxine Grad"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4732a511-0380-4b57-a0d5-b6cc43eaaffb"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/813"
source_hash: "0a8bb6b5965185f7932dd4c76cdeabc81475a62af0d9bc73e818f885db45baf6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-vt"]
---

# Vermont H 195 (2021-2022) — An act relating to use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement in cases involving sexual exploitation of children

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0195/H-0195%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT017/ACT017%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT017/ACT017%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0195/H-0195%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0195/H-0195%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Maxine Grad — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-05** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-03-10** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** Rep. Rachelson of Burlington reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2021-03-10** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2021-03-10** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-03-11** Amendment as offered by Rep. Rachelson of Burlington agreed to
- **2021-03-11** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2021-03-12** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-04-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-04-16** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably by Senator Baruth for Committee on Judiciary, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Delivered to the Governor on April 28, 2021 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Governor on May 4, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06** House message: Governor approved bill on May 4, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4732a511-0380-4b57-a0d5-b6cc43eaaffb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).