The Montana House unanimously passed a neural data privacy bill on Wednesday. The House voted 99-0 to pass an amended SB-163 that adds neurotechnology data to the state’s Genetic Information Privacy Act.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) signed a government AI bill (SB-4) Monday. Kentucky’s technology office “shall prioritize personal privacy and the protection of the data of individuals and businesses as the state develops, implements, employs, and procures” generative, high-risk and other AI systems, said the bill that passed the legislature earlier this month (see 2503030034).
A panel of Florida senators supported requiring decryption of young users’ social media messages during law enforcement investigations. At a livestreamed hearing Tuesday, the state’s Senate Commerce Committee voted 7-2 to clear an amended SB-868.
Virginia won’t be the next state with an AI law regulating development, deployment and use of high-risk systems. Calling the proposed requirements “burdensome,” Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) vetoed HB-2094 Monday.
Minnesota could add health information as a form of sensitive data and toughen limits for sensitive data more broadly under its comprehensive privacy law, a privacy attorney said Tuesday. Rep. Steve Elkins (D), author of the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act, introduced HB-2700 Monday to amend the act before it takes effect in July. Sensitive data requires opt-in consent under the Minnesota law, unlike other personal data that carries an opt-out standard.
A dozen Pennsylvania senators introduced a comprehensive privacy bill that looks nearly the same as a House bill that advanced last week.
Massachusetts lawmakers plan to hear testimony on a plethora of privacy bills during an April 9 hearing, as expected, the Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity announced Monday.
The California Civil Rights Council agreed Friday to clear proposed employment rule changes that update the state’s anti-discrimination regulations for automated decision-making technology (ADMT). Friday’s action sent the final proposed text to the Office of Administrative Law for approval.
For the second straight day, the Vermont House delayed voting on a bill (H-342) that mirrors New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law (see 2503200045 and 2503140065). The House postponed the bill by one legislative day on Friday.
Consumer privacy advocates condemned a West Virginia comprehensive privacy bill as weak in a letter to the House Energy committee, the Electronic Privacy Information Center said Friday. The committee voted by voice to send the bill, which is nearly identical to Virginia’s law, to the Judiciary Committee earlier this week (see 2503180050).