California Assembly Privacy Committee Chair Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D) wants a state confidentiality law updated that would reduce other states’ power to demand disclosure of medical information. The lawmaker introduced AB-302 on Thursday.
New York Senate Internet Committee Chair Kristen Gonzalez (D) Thursday reintroduced the New York Privacy Act (S-3044) that Sen. Kevin Thomas (D) proposed last year. Thomas departed the legislature at the end of 2024.
The Indiana Senate voted 42-7 to approve an age-verification bill on Thursday, sending it to the House. The proposed online safety measure (SB-11) would prohibit kids 15 years old and younger from accessing social media unless they have parental permission.
Connecticut's state government should follow "the same data protection and privacy laws and standards that are required of private sector businesses,” says a Connecticut bill (HB-6002) filed Wednesday. Connecticut was one of the earliest states with a privacy law covering the private sector. However, the public-sector bill by Rep. Vincent Candelora (R) might face political headwinds in the Democratic-controlled state.
Nebraska legislators introduced kids online safety bills that Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) and Attorney General Mike Hilgers (R) endorsed.
A South Dakota age-verification bill passed the state House Tuesday. Members voted 61-5 for HB-1053 with an amendment, sending the measure to the Senate.
Legislators in several states added to a growing pile of age-verification bills Friday. Kids privacy and online safety bills have been an early focus for these lawmakers (see 2501170053).
Consumer privacy groups applauded multiple Massachusetts privacy bills introduced last week.
A Hawaii data privacy bill that state Sen. Chris Lee and five other Democrats (SB-1037) introduced Friday generally follows other comprehensive state bills in the mold of Virginia or Connecticut.
The California Privacy Protection Agency announced a Jan. 27 board meeting. The agenda includes a closed session about litigation and on appointing a new executive director and chief auditor. The agency previously said that current Executive Director Ashkan Soltani would leave this month.