Colorado's AI Act won’t take effect until June 30, 2026. Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed SB-4 into law on Thursday after previously applauding legislators for trying to make changes to the measure in a special session (see 2508270009).
More companies could soon be covered by a Texas data broker law because of two Texas amendments to the statute that take effect on Monday.
Gov. Jared Polis (D) applauded state lawmakers’ work on AI after the legislature agreed to delay Colorado AI Act implementation rather than make changes during a special session (see 2508260056).
California legislators refined a proposed update to the California Delete Act on Tuesday. Now on third reading and awaiting a floor vote in the Assembly, SB-361 by Sen. Josh Becker (D) would require data brokers to disclose more types of personal information in their state registrations than they do now.
California privacy enforcers may soon be “counting clicks” to make sure it doesn’t take more steps for consumers to opt out than to opt in, warned privacy attorney Webb McArthur on a Hudson Cook webinar Tuesday.
California businesses launched a media blitz Monday against possible AI regulations under consideration in the state legislature, calling instead for “pro-growth” rules.
California should maintain verification safeguards in its Delete Act rules, advertising groups said in comments to the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) due Aug. 18 (see 2507310053).
Bluesky will block access from Mississippi IP addresses rather than comply with a Mississippi age-verification law that the U.S. Supreme Court allowed to stand last week (see 2508140048), the social media company said in a statement Friday.
To comply with a new Colorado privacy law (SB 25-276), health care providers should start “reviewing and updating their policies and procedures regarding the collection and disclosure of immigration-related information,” Husch Blackwell health care lawyer Nick Healey and two colleagues blogged Tuesday.
A California bill that sets data-breach notification deadlines will go to the Assembly floor and is racing toward passage by the legislature. At a livestreamed hearing Wednesday, the Assembly Appropriations Committee voted unanimously to add SB-446 by Sen. Melissa Hurtado (D) to the Assembly consent calendar, which is reserved for noncontroversial bills.