A workplace surveillance bill received unanimous support from California Assembly members at a Labor Committee hearing late Wednesday. The panel voted 5-0 to advance AB-1221 to the Privacy Committee despite concerns from business groups.
A possible Arkansas comprehensive privacy bill would now take effect July 1, 2026, if enacted, according to an amendment adopted Wednesday. The Senate Transportation Committee recommended that SB-258 pass with the changes.
With the Georgia General Assembly session ending Friday, the state’s comprehensive privacy bill looks unlikely to pass the legislature this year.
The Texas House Trade Committee approved a bill Wednesday that would ban children younger than 18 from using social media platforms. The panel cleared HB-186 despite First Amendment concerns that the American Civil Liberties Union raised during a hearing last month (see 2503190040).
The Oregon House Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee unanimously cleared a bill Tuesday with an 8-0 vote that would require carmakers to follow state privacy laws regarding collecting and using personal data from a person's use of a car. The bill now goes to the House floor.
The California Senate Judiciary Committee supported data broker and breach notification bills at a late Tuesday hearing. The panel cleared SB-361, which adds requirements to the California Delete Act. And it approved SB-446, a data breach bill adding specific deadlines to the state’s notification law.
The Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA) raised concerns Tuesday with a California bill that would require manufacturers to transmit signals about users’ ages.
Several major ad industry associations opposed a California bill they claim would make it difficult or impossible for businesses in the state to offer potential customers popular discounts based on interest or demographic data.
Device manufacturers would transmit age-verification signals under a California bill (AB-1043), as amended Friday by sponsor Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D).
A group of Texas lawmakers warned about potential internet harm for minors during a hearing on a pair of kids online safety bills in the Senate State Affairs Committee on Monday.