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.

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.