Washington state senators voted 36-12 Wednesday for a kids privacy bill (SB-5708).
A healthcare tweak to Kentucky’s comprehensive privacy law passed the legislature. Gov. Andy Beshear (D) will consider the bill next.
A New York Senate panel on Wednesday supported restricting biometric identifying technology in schools. The Senate Internet and Technology Committee voted by voice at a livestreamed meeting to advance S-3827 to the Education Committee.
Vermont House Judiciary Chair Martin LaLonde (D) plans on sharing multiple concerns with a bill that echoes New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law with the Commerce Committee, he said at a Judiciary meeting livestreamed Wednesday. Judiciary will punt H-342 to Commerce after hearing testimony on the measure Tuesday (see 2503110077), he said.
Vermont senators shouldn’t let Big Tech convince them to "pass their favored model of privacy legislation in lieu of stronger protections” like S-71, said a Consumer Reports (CR) official Wednesday at a livestreamed meeting.
Vermont Republicans objected to an age-appropriate design code bill (S-69) on the Senate floor Wednesday. State senators voted 25-5 to amend the bill as previously recommended by the Institutions Committee, and then voted by voice to move the bill to a third reading. That action procedurally sets up a final vote, expected Thursday.
Privacy attorneys at Parker Poe predicted more state privacy rulemakings this year in a blog post Monday. “In 2025 we will likely see a higher volume of state regulators initiating rulemakings as a federal privacy law remains evasive and federal agency activity remains unclear.”
Nobody at a hearing Tuesday opposed forcing data brokers, when registering in Texas, to include a link to the broker's website that instructs consumers about exercising their data privacy rights under the state’s comprehensive privacy law.
The Rhode Island House voted 72-0 Tuesday to pass a student data privacy bill, sending it to the Senate. H-5176 prohibits school districts and educational institutions from accessing or using student location data from personal or school-given devices, with limited exceptions.
A student data privacy bill passed the North Dakota legislature with no votes in opposition. State senators voted 47-0 on Friday for HB-1357, which requires that school boards ask permission before sharing student data with people who are not school district employees (see 2503050050). The bill, which passed the House 93-0 on Feb. 6, still needs a signature from Gov. Kelly Armstrong (R).