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Senate approves bill criminalizing nonconsensual condom removal
Summary
On third reading the Senate approved H.40, a measure making nonconsensual removal or tampering with a condom a criminal offense; supporters stressed the bill’s heightened importance in a post‑Roe context and the risk of unwanted pregnancy.
The Senate took and passed H.40 on third reading, an act described on the floor as relating to the nonconsensual removal of or tampering with a condom.
The Senator from Chittenden Central, thanking the Judiciary Committee, urged colleagues to treat the bill with gravity and warned of new stakes in a post‑Roe environment. "It's absolutely terrifying to think that being denied access to birth control or being the victim of stealthing could lead to pregnancy and forced birth," the senator said, calling the conduct dystopian and underscoring the bill's relevance.
After limited floor remarks the presiding officer put the question and the bill passed by voice vote.
Next steps: The bill was passed on third reading in the Senate; the transcript records the chamber's voice vote but does not include a roll‑call tally.
