The Connecticut legislature’s Sen. James Maroney (D) and Rep. Hubert Delany (D) formed an AI caucus, the lawmakers announced Thursday. The group will push for passage of SB-2, Maroney’s AI anti-discrimination bill that cleared a committee last week (see 2503210065).
National advertising trade groups opposed a California location privacy bill (AB-1355) this week. The bill would prohibit covered entities from using an individual’s location information unless the individual has opted in and it’s necessary to provide goods or services requested by that person.
The Texas Senate voted 31-0 Wednesday to approve a bill requiring data brokers, when registering in the state, to include a link to the broker's website that instructs consumers about exercising their data privacy rights under the Texas comprehensive privacy law.
Utah is the first state to require that app stores implement age verification measures. Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed SB-142 Wednesday. The bill passed the legislature earlier this month (see 2503050052).
Utah will require that law enforcement agencies have generative AI policies. Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed SB-180 on Tuesday. The new law also requires police reports or other law enforcement records to include disclaimers if they were partly or wholly AI created. And it requires the author of an AI-generated report to certify that a human checked the report for accuracy.
A California data broker registration bill received support from Consumer Reports and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. In a Tuesday letter to California Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Thomas Umberg (D), the consumer privacy advocates backed SB-361, which would amend the California Delete Act to require disclosure of more types of personal information.
The Oklahoma House voted 75-14 Tuesday to pass a bill (HB-1388) that would require social media companies to complete data protection impact assessments on how their platforms might influence children. The bill goes next to the Senate.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on Monday signed SB-754, which would update the Virginia Consumer Protection Act to prohibit obtaining, disclosing, selling or disseminating personally identifiable reproductive or sexual health information without a consumer’s consent.
Texas should reject AI legislation mirroring a proposal that was recently vetoed in Virginia (see 2503250010), Americans for Prosperity told state lawmakers Wednesday.
Georgia’s comprehensive privacy bill marched forward on Wednesday. The Georgia House Technology Committee voted by voice to approve the Senate-passed SB-111, teeing up a potential floor vote soon.