Vermont H913: An act relating to prohibiting certain prediction markets securities

What the bill says

To amend V.S.A. chapter 51 to ensure that the criminal prohibition of wagering activities includes offering prediction market securities or commodities that are contingent on the outcome of events related to sports, contests, natural persons, politics and campaigns, disasters, war, all-hazards, or death. This bill also proposes to amend 9 V.S.A. chapter 101 to ensure that agreements for these contingent securities or commodities are deemed void and subject to civil VT LEG #387214 v.1 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.913 2026 Page 2 of action for recovery of lost money. This bill also proposes to amend Ver.

From the introduced text, February 25, 2026:

to amend V.S.A. chapter 51 to ensure that the criminal prohibition of wagering activities includes offering prediction market securities or commodities that are contingent on the outcome of events related to sports, contests, natural persons, politics and campaigns, disasters, war, all-hazards, or death. This bill also proposes to amend 9 V.S.A. chapter 101 to ensure that agreements for these contingent securities or commodities are deemed void and subject to civil VT LEG #387214 v.1 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.913 2026 Page 2 of action for recovery of lost money. This bill also proposes to amend Vermont's sports wagering statutes to add a per-wager fee of $0.50 for all wagers made through the State's sports wagering operators. An act relating to prohibiting certain prediction markets securities It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: (TEXT OMITTED IN SHORT-FORM BILLS) VT LEG #387214 v.1

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Sponsors

• Thomas Stevens (D, Washington-Chittenden) · primary sponsor
• Angela Arsenault (D, Chittenden-2)
• Tiffany Bluemle (D, Chittenden-13)
• (R, Franklin-1)