A Washington state privacy bill with a private right of action is scheduled for a first hearing on Feb. 4 at 10:30 a.m. PT in the House Technology Committee. Rep. Shelley Kloba (D) introduced HB-1671 on Tuesday.
A pair of proposed updates to Virginia’s comprehensive privacy law cleared the Senate General Laws Committee on Wednesday.
A South Carolina House Judiciary subcommittee heard some debate but didn't get to a vote on a bill regulating social media for minors on Wednesday.
Washington state Rep. Shelley Kloba (D) filed comprehensive privacy legislation (HB-1671) on Tuesday after previously carrying such bills in prior sessions.
Utah and Arizona bills requiring age verification online advanced in committee votes this week. Many states are mulling legislation this year focused on protecting kids on certain websites (see 2501170053).
Montana's senate voted 50-0 Tuesday to pass a bill that adds neural data to the state’s Genetic Information Privacy Act. It’s now in the House.
Although North Carolina lacks a comprehensive privacy law, the state Department of Information Technology’s Office of Privacy and Data stands ready to "support legislators in efforts to draft privacy legislation,” a department spokesperson emailed Tuesday.
New York Assemblymember Clyde Vanel (D) wants an AI bill of rights, among other measures, to regulate the fast-growing technology and its use of personal data. The legislator introduced a raft of bills Tuesday amid great interest across the states in regulating AI (see 2501270051).
Hawaii may need to protect privacy of genetic information due to uncertainty about what will happen in the Trump administration, a state senator signaled at a Hawaii Senate Commerce Committee hearing Tuesday.
Washington state's House Technology Committee on Tuesday cleared a bill on AI transparency out of committee with a do pass recommendation. The panel voted 8-5 for HB-1168 with one of three amendments offered at an executive session Tuesday. The bill requires developers of generative AI systems to post information about how the systems were trained.