Location and Other Privacy Bills Advance in California Legislature
California privacy bills related to location, public officials and reproductive health cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee after a lengthy hearing earlier this week, the state legislature’s website showed Thursday.
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The committee voted 11-2 for AB-322, a location privacy bill. Law enforcement raised concerns about the legislation at the hearing (see 2507150066).
Also, the committee voted 11-0 for AB-302, a bill akin to New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law that would provide enhanced privacy protections for judges and elected officials.
Additionally, the panel voted 11-1 to send a reproductive health privacy bill (AB-45) to Appropriations. It includes a private right of action (see [Ref 2506040026]).
After scaling back AB-1043 with amendments (see 2507150078), the panel voted 12-0 to clear the kids online safety measure. The bill would require manufacturers to develop a way to have device owners enter the user’s birthdate or age, so that a digital signal about the user’s age bracket could be sent to app developers through an application programming interface.
A bill meant to restrict surveillance pricing (AB-446) cleared Judiciary by a 10-2 vote. At the hearing, Republicans and businesses opposed regulating businesses’ price flexibility and providing a private right of action through the bill.
In addition, the panel voted 11-1 for AB-1064, which would make rules around using kids' personal information for AI training. And it voted 9-2 to advance AB-1331 on workplace surveillance.
The bills will go next to the Appropriations Committee, except for AB-302, which is destined for the Public Safety Committee.