republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-626.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to sexual extortion, voyeurism, and disclosure of sexually explicit images without consent"
description: "An act relating to sexual extortion, voyeurism, and disclosure of sexually explicit images without consent"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 626"
citation: "Vermont H 626 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alicia Malay", "Angela Arsenault"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9ef9d0e-0a76-4afb-8dc1-38b076e2780c"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1466"
source_hash: "1b7e1cb57d3f86607cd60896ba03c959e96e89b10763a8b7ccbf782a005c4d8b"
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 626 (2025-2026) — An act relating to sexual extortion, voyeurism, and disclosure of sexually explicit images without consent

## 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/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0626/H-0626%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT089/ACT089%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT089/ACT089%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0626/H-0626%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0626/H-0626%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0626/H-0626%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
7. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0626/H-0626%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0626/H-0626%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0626/H-0626%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Alicia Malay — primary (person)
- Angela Arsenault — primary (person)
- Edye Graning — cosponsor (person)
- Emilie Krasnow — cosponsor (person)
- Leanne Harple — cosponsor (person)
- Mary-Katherine Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah "Sarita" Austin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2026-02-03** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-02-04** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04** Rep. Malay of Pittsford reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2026-02-04** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2026-02-04** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-02-05** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-05** Rep. Donahue of Northfield moved to amend the bill
- **2026-02-05** Rep. Donahue of Northfield asked that the question be divided
- **2026-02-05** Rep. Donahue of Northfield asked and was granted leave to withdraw 1st instance of amendment
- **2026-02-05** Remaining instances of amendment agreed to
- **2026-02-05** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-02-06** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2026-04-10** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-14** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-14** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-04-14** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-14** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-04-15** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-15** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-04-16** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-17** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-21** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-21** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-22** Delivered to the Governor on April 22, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-04-23** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-28** Signed by Governor on April 28, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-30** House message: Governor approved bill on April 28, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9ef9d0e-0a76-4afb-8dc1-38b076e2780c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).