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2 changes to 2 rules start in Vermont in the next 24 months.
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What we check here for each industry, and from when. Open an industry to see what we cover and what we don't. A law we hold but haven't checked shows as Not checked, with its quote. Anything we don't cover shows as Not covered. Neither is ever clear.
ClaraDB gives a verdict only for PFAS state laws for cookware and bakeware, California Proposition 65 consumer-product warning check for BPA, BPS, formaldehyde, styrene, antimony trioxide, vinyl acetate, lead and cadmium, California Proposition 65 warning check for candles and ceramicware (lead, cadmium, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzene, naphthalene, carbon monoxide, benzo[a]pyrene), US packaging EPR producer size thresholds (California, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington) for a brand-owning manufacturer, US lead in children's products and furniture (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in toys and child care articles (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in children's products (other) and bags (lead paint and total lead content), US phthalates in children's toys and child care articles (DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIBP, DPENP, DHEXP, DCHP) and US children's product certificate and tracking label for children's tableware (AI-checked, quotes verified word for word). Every other answer shows the laws and quotes found without saying whether they apply. Not checked: Consumer electronics (FCC equipment authorization, 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15, energy rules). What ClaraDB has checked
Home and kitchen goodsAll sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20251 area read · no known gaps
- PFAS in consumer products (Act 131 of 2024, Act 54 of 2025)
No known gaps in the rule areas we track for home and kitchen goods.
Cosmetics and personal careMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20251 area read
- PFAS in cosmetics (Act 131 of 2024, Act 54 of 2025, stored)
Other rules that may apply.
Packaged food and beveragesMain sources
Vermont (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Consumer electronics and small appliancesMain sources
Vermont (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Batteries, e-bikes and power banksMain sources
Vermont (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
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Banned
Exemptions (1)
The prohibition does not apply to the sale or resale of used products.
“This section shall not apply to the sale or resale of used products.”
Unofficial copy of the text, current to 30 May 2024. Wayback Machine copy of the Vermont Legislature's Act 131 PDF (signed 2024-05-30); amended by Act 54 of 2025, and the current 9 V.S.A. ch. 63 text is not stored.
Every product in the category
In force since 1 Jan 2026
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2026
Act 131 Sec. 13: "(1) Sec. 1 (chemicals in cosmetic and menstrual products), Sec. 3 (PFAS in consumer products), Sec. 6 (PFAS in firefighting agents and equipment), and Sec. 7 (chemicals of concern in food packaging) shall take effect on January 1, 2026;" The AG may postpone a compliance date up to one year on a manufacturer showing (Sec. 11). Citations are to Act 131 as enacted; Act 54 of 2025 (not in the law text used here) renumbered and amended some sections per the AG guidance.
“pigments, adhesives, stabilizers, coatings, plasticizers, or any other additives to which ortho-phthalates have been intentionally added and are present in any amount.”
Banned
Exemptions (1)
The food packaging ban does not apply to the sale or resale of used products.
“(d) This section shall not apply to the sale or resale of used products.”
Unofficial copy of the text, current to 30 May 2024. Wayback Machine copy of the Vermont Legislature's Act 131 PDF (signed 2024-05-30); amended by Act 54 of 2025, and the current 9 V.S.A. ch. 63 text is not stored.
Every product in the category
In force since 1 Jan 2026
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2026
Act 131 Sec. 13(1): "(1) Sec. 1 (chemicals in cosmetic and menstrual products), Sec. 3 (PFAS in consumer products), Sec. 6 (PFAS in firefighting agents and equipment), and Sec. 7 (chemicals of concern in food packaging) shall take effect on January 1, 2026;" Food package = package or packaging component intended for direct food contact (2494w(3)); any material, so all disposables nodes.
“a food package to which PFAS have been intentionally added and are present in any amount.”
- BanOrtho-phthalates as defined in Vermont (US state)
Banned
Exemptions (1)
The prohibition does not apply to the sale or resale of used products.
“This section shall not apply to the sale or resale of used products.”
9 V.S.A. 2494x(d) · fetched 2026-10-08Vermont Legislature / Attorney General: 9 V.S.A. ch. 63, subch. 12a and 12c(opens in a new tab) Unofficial copy of the text, current to 30 May 2024. Wayback Machine copy of the Vermont Legislature's Act 131 PDF (signed 2024-05-30); amended by Act 54 of 2025, and the current 9 V.S.A. ch. 63 text is not stored.
- Applies when
Every product in the category
- Effective
In force since 1 Jan 2026
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2026
Act 131 Sec. 13: "(1) Sec. 1 (chemicals in cosmetic and menstrual products), Sec. 3 (PFAS in consumer products), Sec. 6 (PFAS in firefighting agents and equipment), and Sec. 7 (chemicals of concern in food packaging) shall take effect on January 1, 2026;" The AG may postpone a compliance date up to one year on a manufacturer showing (Sec. 11). Citations are to Act 131 as enacted; Act 54 of 2025 (not in the law text used here) renumbered and amended some sections per the AG guidance.
- Source
“pigments, adhesives, stabilizers, coatings, plasticizers, or any other additives to which ortho-phthalates have been intentionally added and are present in any amount.”
9 V.S.A. 2494x(c) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-08Vermont Legislature / Attorney General: 9 V.S.A. ch. 63, subch. 12a and 12c(opens in a new tab)
- BanPFAS as defined in Vermont (US state)
Banned
Exemptions (1)
The food packaging ban does not apply to the sale or resale of used products.
“(d) This section shall not apply to the sale or resale of used products.”
9 V.S.A. 2494x(d) · fetched 2026-10-08Vermont Legislature / Attorney General: 9 V.S.A. 2494e-2494o, 2494w-2494z(opens in a new tab) Unofficial copy of the text, current to 30 May 2024. Wayback Machine copy of the Vermont Legislature's Act 131 PDF (signed 2024-05-30); amended by Act 54 of 2025, and the current 9 V.S.A. ch. 63 text is not stored.
- Applies when
Every product in the category
- Effective
In force since 1 Jan 2026
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2026
Act 131 Sec. 13(1): "(1) Sec. 1 (chemicals in cosmetic and menstrual products), Sec. 3 (PFAS in consumer products), Sec. 6 (PFAS in firefighting agents and equipment), and Sec. 7 (chemicals of concern in food packaging) shall take effect on January 1, 2026;" Food package = package or packaging component intended for direct food contact (2494w(3)); any material, so all disposables nodes.
- Source
“a food package to which PFAS have been intentionally added and are present in any amount.”
9 V.S.A. 2494x(a) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-08Vermont Legislature / Attorney General: 9 V.S.A. 2494e-2494o, 2494w-2494z(opens in a new tab)
Categories
Categories with rules
The product categories with the most rules here, sub-categories included.
Sources
Sources
Where the rules come from, and when we last checked each source.
- Vermont Statutes Title 10, chapter 168 (Product Stewardship for Primary Batteries and Rechargeable Batteries), 7581-7595(opens in a new tab)Vermont General Assembly (Office of Legislative Counsel) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Vermont Statutes Annotated Title 18 chapter 38A (chemicals of high concern to children, sections 1771-1779)(opens in a new tab)Vermont General Assembly (Legislative Counsel) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Vermont Act 54 (2025), H.238, amending 9 V.S.A. ch. 63 subch. 12A (PFAS in consumer products)(opens in a new tab)Vermont General Assembly · Statute (PDF)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked · 3 versions kept
- Vermont PFAS food-packaging and consumer-product law (Act 36 of 2021; relocated by Act 131)(opens in a new tab)Vermont Legislature / Attorney General · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked · 2 versions kept
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