Vermont — Vermont Statutes

Complete, unannotated statutory corpus and directed cross-reference citation graph for the State of Vermont across all 46 active titles and 1,391 distinct chapters, cryptographically sealed from official Vermont General Assembly Office of Legislative Counsel (legislature.vermont.gov) sources.

46 Active Titles

1,391 Distinct Chapters

22,585 Statutory Sections

141,094 Subsections

15,354 Citation Edges

100% AKN 3.0 XSD Valid

Single-Snapshot Dataset Acquisition • 10/2026 Edition

Vermont Statutes — Complete Medallion Snapshot

One-time purchase for the complete October 2026 (10/2026) edition single-snapshot dataset of the Vermont Statutes. Includes perpetual commercial license rights to the Bronze raw source payloads, Silver OASIS Akoma Ntoso 3.0 XML archive, Gold Apache Parquet tables (sections, subsections, edges), and SHA-256 provenance manifests.

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2. Permitted Enterprise, Analytics & AI/LLM Uses

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3. Restrictions on Bulk Redistribution

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4. Provenance & Disclaimer of Warranties

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Medallion Architecture Deliverables

Three-tier statutory distribution with end-to-end SHA-256 cryptographic lineage from raw legislative payload to analytical Parquet tables.

Bronze Layer

Immutable Source Payloads

Verbatim section payloads captured from the Vermont General Assembly Office of Legislative Counsel (legislature.vermont.gov) with wire-level SHA-256 hashes and structural hierarchy metadata.

Source Authority Vermont General Assembly
Sealed Payloads 22,585 Files
Lineage Manifest bronze_manifest.jsonl
Integrity Seal manifest.sha256 (0444)

Silver Layer

OASIS Akoma Ntoso 3.0 XML

Normalized, schema-validated OASIS LegalDocML (Akoma Ntoso 3.0) XML documents containing strictly enacted statutory text, subsection hierarchy, and session-law history citations.

XML Standard OASIS AKN 3.0 (XSD 1.0)
Validated Docs 22,585 / 22,585 (100%)
History Coverage 22,585 / 22,585 (100.0%)
Third-Party IP / Notes 0 (Strictly Stripped)

Gold Layer

Apache Parquet & Citation Graph

Snappy-compressed Apache Parquet tables (sections, subsections, edges) and pre-indexed DuckDB analytical catalog ready for immediate SQL, Polars, PyArrow, or RAG/LLM ingestion.

Section Table 22,585 Rows (18.58 MB)
Subsection Table 141,094 Rows (17.82 MB)
Citation Graph 15,354 Directed Edges
DuckDB Catalog keystone_vtstat.duckdb

Artifact / Archive	Layer / Format	Records	Size	SHA-256 Cryptographic Seal
sections.parquet	Gold Columnar Table (Snappy Parquet)	22,585	18.58 MB	9425e0bb0fefa3ecbd5313e0aca46a0468351189eec12586b56953cdf53da219
subsections.parquet	Gold Hierarchical Paragraphs (Snappy Parquet)	141,094	17.82 MB	cb6cb64fd8fce2d4a4b4020c1c691bae7048dfad2abad262d29135452919ba8c
edges.parquet	Gold Directed Citation Graph (Snappy Parquet)	15,354	249.98 KB	344613e916ef0d5d848dd380687d46921e70ec3c73336e1dd5749c5a0acafcdf
keystone_vtstat_bronze_2026-10.tar.gz	Complete Bronze Source Archive (Raw Payloads + Manifests)	22,585 files	15.27 MB	079ce1856412c9f553450cb6658fad68ab1e48d3b63c013cbc6d5d4e93871b11
keystone_vtstat_silver_2026-10.tar.gz	Complete Silver OASIS AKN 3.0 XML Archive (XML + XSD + Manifests)	22,585 docs	20.59 MB	e7e205f81650bac84dc91f96f92066845ea09603b23acfc1beddaead89637b95
keystone_vtstat_gold_2026-10.tar.gz	Complete Gold Release Archive (Parquet + Manifests)	179,033	31.32 MB	c340a529cc0664ecd7154826438dcae946b8b66531a7b02cc14b5e0a22488ae8
keystone_vtstat_title1_sample.tar.gz	Title 1 Sample Showcase Slice (Title 1 - General Provisions)	184 secs	190.75 KB	88b03f8749f9714c7c0298625ecde99f9b62f9b0d22ad2d36967ccb404920817

Canonical Record Specimen: V.S.A. § 1-150

Side-by-side view of Section 1-150 (Legally protected health care activity) in Silver OASIS Akoma Ntoso 3.0 XML and Gold Parquet JSON representation.

            data/silver/vtstat/akn_xml/title_1/VTSTAT-1-150.xml
            Silver OASIS AKN 3.0
          

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<akomaNtoso xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0"
            xmlns:meta="https://pipeline.local/schema/meta">
  <act name="statute">
    <meta>
      <identification source="#pipeline">
        <FRBRWork>
          <FRBRthis value="/akn/us-vt/act/vtstat/title-1/section-1-150"/>
          <FRBRdate date="2026-10-21" name="snapshot"/>
          <FRBRcountry value="US-VT"/>
        </FRBRWork>
      </identification>
      <proprietary source="#pipeline">
        <meta:source_html_sha256>b0f1b8e2fd7c3c1d...f5991</meta:source_html_sha256>
        <meta:doc_id>VTSTAT-1-150</meta:doc_id>
        <meta:jurisdiction>US-VT</meta:jurisdiction>
        <meta:container_id>1</meta:container_id>
        <meta:chapter_id>3</meta:chapter_id>
        <meta:chapter_name>Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes</meta:chapter_name>
        <meta:history_note>Added 2023, No. 14, § 1 and No. 15, § 1, both eff. May 10, 2023; amended 2025, No. 20, § 1, eff. May 13, 2025.</meta:history_note>
      </proprietary>
    </meta>
    <body>
      <section eId="sec_1-150">
        <num>1-150</num>
        <heading>Legally protected health care activity</heading>
        <paragraph eId="sec_1_150__p_1" class="indent-1">
          <num>(a)</num>
          <content>
            <p>(a) “Gender-affirming health care services” means all
            supplies, care, and services of a medical, behavioral health,
            mental health, surgical, psychiatric, therapeutic, diagnostic,
            preventative, rehabilitative, or sup...</p>
          </content>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph eId="sec_1_150__p_2" class="indent-1">
          <num>(b)(1)</num>
          <content>
            <p>(b)(1) “Legally protected health care activity” means:</p>
          </content>
        </paragraph>
        <!-- 10 additional paragraph(s) omitted for brevity -->
      </section>
    </body>
  </act>
</akomaNtoso>

            gold.sections / gold.subsections / gold.edges
            Gold Parquet Row
          

// 1. sections.parquet (Primary Key: doc_id = "VTSTAT-1-150")
{
  "jurisdiction": "US-VT",
  "doc_id": "VTSTAT-1-150",
  "universal_doc_id": "US-VT-VTSTAT-1-150",
  "container_type": "title",
  "container_id": "1",
  "container_name": "Title 1 - General Provisions",
  "title": 1,
  "chapter_id": "3",
  "chapter_name": "Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes",
  "subchapter_id": "2",
  "subchapter_name": "Subchapter 2 - Definition of Terms",
  "section_number": "1-150",
  "heading": "Legally protected health care activity",
  "paragraph_count": 12,
  "history_note": "Added 2023, No. 14, § 1 and No. 15, § 1, both eff. May 10, 2023; amended 2025, No. 20, § 1, eff. May 13, 2025.",
  "source_html_sha256": "b0f1b8e2fd7c3c1d5373ad8b70c7c80b8ca68d56751ea8a5bdaba0fa14af5991",
  "akn_sha256": "52d8913e036d917facca05f0d8e5af2f62455f5637be5e979e47fbdef79aa042"
}

// 2. subsections.parquet (12 rows for VTSTAT-1-150)
{
  "doc_id": "VTSTAT-1-150",
  "paragraph_eid": "sec_1_150__p_1",
  "paragraph_seq": 1,
  "enum_label": "(a)",
  "indent_level": 1,
  "text": "(a) “Gender-affirming health care services” means all supplies, care, and services of a medical, behavioral health, mental health, surgical, psychiatric, therapeutic, diagnostic, preventative, rehabilitative, or sup..."
}

// 3. edges.parquet (Sample Directed Citation Edge in Vermont Statutes)
{
  "jurisdiction": "US-VT",
  "source_doc_id": "VTSTAT-1-134",
  "source_section": "1-134",
  "target_doc_id": "VTSTAT-1-133",
  "target_section": "1-133",
  "target_title": 1,
  "citation_count": 1
}

Gold Parquet Schema Specification

Standardized cross-jurisdiction schema shared across all 57 Keystone Legal Data statutory repositories.

Table	Column Name	Parquet Type	Description
sections.parquet	jurisdiction / doc_id / universal_doc_id	VARCHAR	Jurisdiction code (`US-VT`), collection-scoped primary key (`VTSTAT-1-150`), and global key.
	container_type / container_id / container_name	VARCHAR	Top-level statutory container metadata (e.g., `title`, `1`, `Title 1 - General Provisions`).
	chapter_id / chapter_name	VARCHAR	Intermediate chapter/article identifier and official heading (100% populated across all 22,585 sections).
	section_number / heading	VARCHAR	Canonical section number (e.g., `1-150`) and cleaned catchline heading.
	full_text	VARCHAR	Complete, newline-delimited statutory text of the section (strictly enacted text only).
	history_note	VARCHAR	Legislative session-law enactment and amendment history citations (22,585 / 22,585 sections populated).
	paragraph_count	INT64	Number of child subsection paragraphs shredded into `subsections.parquet`.
	source_html_sha256 / akn_sha256	VARCHAR	Cryptographic SHA-256 digests linking the Gold row to its exact Silver XML and Bronze raw payload.
subsections.parquet	paragraph_eid / paragraph_seq	VARCHAR / INT64	OASIS AKN 3.0 element ID (`sec_1_150__p_1`) and deterministic 1-based sequence order within the section.
	enum_label / indent_level	VARCHAR / INT64	Extracted structural enumerator (e.g., `(a)`, `(1)`, `(A)`) and hierarchical indentation depth (`1`–`6`).
	text	VARCHAR	Cleaned text of the individual statutory subsection or paragraph.
edges.parquet	source_doc_id / target_doc_id	VARCHAR	Directed citation graph edge resolving in-text statutory references from citing section to cited target section.
edges.parquet	source_section / target_section / citation_count	VARCHAR / INT64	Canonical section numbers and frequency count of cross-references between the pair.

Complete 46-Title Inventory (Vermont Statutes)

Breakdown of distinct chapters and statutory sections across all 46 active titles in the October 2026 edition.

Title	Title Heading	Chapters	Sections
Title 1	Title 1 - General Provisions	13	184
Title 2	Title 2 - Legislature	19	94
Title 3	Title 3 - Executive	40	555
Title 3APPENDIX	Title 3APPENDIX - Executive Orders	20	20
Title 4	Title 4 - Judiciary	14	127
Title 5	Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation Generally	18	298
Title 6	Title 6 - Agriculture	53	539
Title 7	Title 7 - Alcoholic Beverages, Cannabis, and Tobacco	16	231
Title 8	Title 8 - Banking and Insurance	68	1,510
Title 9	Title 9 - Commerce and Trade	62	772
Title 9A	Title 9A - Uniform Commercial Code	11	11
Title 10	Title 10 - Conservation and Development	83	1,349
Title 10APPENDIX	Title 10APPENDIX - Vermont Fish and Wildlife Regulations	2	55
Title 11	Title 11 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations	13	439
Title 11A	Title 11A - Vermont Business Corporations	17	216
Title 11B	Title 11B - Nonprofit Corporations	16	166
Title 11C	Title 11C - Mutual Benefit Enterprises	17	157
Title 12	Title 12 - Court Procedure	57	759
Title 13	Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure	68	866
Title 14	Title 14 - Decedents Estates and Fiduciary Relations	32	537
Title 14A	Title 14A - Trusts	14	154
Title 15	Title 15 - Domestic Relations	11	222
Title 15A	Title 15A - Adoption Act	9	9
Title 15B	Title 15B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996)	9	78
Title 15C	Title 15C - Parentage Proceedings	8	74
Title 16	Title 16 - Education	49	695
Title 16APPENDIX	Title 16APPENDIX - Education Charters and Agreements	14	14
Title 17	Title 17 - Elections	17	367
Title 18	Title 18 - Health	101	1,142
Title 19	Title 19 - Highways	17	323
Title 20	Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety	50	585
Title 21	Title 21 - Labor	13	468
Title 22	Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology	7	81
Title 23	Title 23 - Motor Vehicles	25	800
Title 24	Title 24 - Municipal and County Government	63	1,119
Title 24APPENDIX	Title 24APPENDIX - Municipal Charters	109	3,552
Title 25	Title 25 - Navigation and Waters	3	17
Title 26	Title 26 - Professions and Occupations	61	1,041
Title 27	Title 27 - Property	11	317
Title 27A	Title 27A - Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)	4	4
Title 28	Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections	15	219
Title 29	Title 29 - Public Property and Supplies	16	117
Title 30	Title 30 - Public Service	26	468
Title 31	Title 31 - Recreation and Sports	9	97
Title 32	Title 32 - Taxation and Finance	42	1,092
Title 33	Title 33 - Human Services	49	645
Total (46 Titles)	Complete Vermont Statutes Corpus	1,391	22,585