Industry can’t figure out a constitutional way to word a kids’ privacy bill, a TechNet official said at a Washington state legislative hearing Tuesday.
The Oklahoma House Children Committee voted 6-0 to approve a bill setting privacy rules for kids at a hearing Wednesday.
The Montana Senate could soon vote on a bill broadening how many businesses are covered by the state's comprehensive privacy law. Meanwhile, in Kentucky, a House panel advanced a bill tweaking healthcare exemptions in that state's data privacy law.
Vermont Sen. Wendy Harrison (D) aims to protect kids’ data privacy with a state age-appropriate design code bill (S-69), she said during a webcast hearing Tuesday. However, even before hearing from witnesses, Sen. Russ Ingalls (R) said he didn’t think he could support the bill. “I’m really nervous for businesses,” he said.
The Alabama House Commerce Committee will weigh a comprehensive privacy bill at a hearing next Wednesday, according to a committee agenda. Rep. Mike Shaw (R) on Thursday introduced HB-283, which would be exclusively enforced by the state attorney general.
A private right of action survived a Washington House panel vote on a comprehensive privacy bill Friday. The state's House Technology Committee voted 7-4 on partisan lines to advance an amended HB-1671, with Republicans supplying the nays.
Perhaps New Mexico shouldn’t go beyond other states' privacy laws, legislators on the House Commerce Committee said during a livestreamed hearing Wednesday. However, an American Civil Liberties official encouraged New Mexico lawmakers to lead the way with HB-307, an opt-in privacy bill containing a private right of action, strict data minimization requirements and kids’ design code rules (see 2502060058).
A comprehensive Oklahoma privacy bill based on Virginia’s law cleared the Senate Technology Committee at a livestreamed hearing Thursday. The panel voted 7-0 to advance SB-546, which sponsor Sen. Brent Howard (R) described as “a little bit more business friendly” compared with other state laws.
Long-anticipated bills by Vermont state Rep. Monique Priestly (D) on comprehensive data privacy (H-208), an age-appropriate design code (H-210) and data broker deletion requirements (H-211) formally entered the legislature on Wednesday. The 2025 privacy bill “contains a number of adjustments that address concerns from stakeholders, including members of the business community, while maintaining the core consumer protections expected by Vermonters,” said an H-208 summary.
More companies could become subject to the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act under changes contemplated by the original law’s sponsor. Senate Energy and Technology Chair Daniel Zolnikov (R) told Privacy Daily on Thursday he wants to slash the legislation’s applicability thresholds and tighten exemptions. Moreover, under a bill (SB-297) he filed earlier this week, Montana would also add child protections and cut in half the comprehensive privacy law’s 60-day right to cure.