The status of legislation to supplement New Hampshire’s comprehensive privacy law is “BILL KILLED,” according to the legislature’s webpage for HB-195. A Senate committee last week decided the bill was “inexpedient to legislate” and added it to a consent calendar so that the Senate could place the final nail in the coffin Thursday (see 2504240034).
Comments are due June 2 on revised draft rules for the California Privacy Protection Agency’s rulemaking on automated decision-making technology (ADMT), risk assessments, cybersecurity, insurance and other rule changes, the CPPA decided Thursday.
The CPPA is pushing ahead with a rulemaking to implement a mechanism where consumers can request to delete their personal data, Executive Director Tom Kemp told the CPPA board at a livestreamed Thursday meeting. The agency announced last week that comments in the proceeding are due June 10 and there will also be a hearing that day (see 2504250012).
The Montana House supported studying “the process and impacts of the release of personal information from driving records” by Montana DOJ to federal, state or local agencies. State lawmakers in the House voted 81-18 Tuesday for HJR-72, sending the resolution to the Senate.
A bill to ban Texas kids younger than 18 from using social media received overwhelming support Wednesday in the state House. Lawmakers voted 116-25 for HB-186. The bill will now go to the Senate.
A North Dakota law revamping the state’s financial regulatory framework “creates a new data security mandate for financial corporations,” said SheppardMullin attorneys in a blog post. Also, HB-1127 “introduces sweeping data protection obligations for nonbank financial corporations,” they said.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) signed a bill (SB-126) Monday that clarifies and delays the state’s laws protecting the privacy of judges and law enforcement.
The Texas House supported requiring social media warning labels by a 105-40 margin on Monday. The House passed HB-499, sending it to the Senate. At a hearing on the bill last month, a Texas House committee agreed that social media contributes to a youth mental health crisis (see 2503170017).
Colorado Democrats on Monday filed legislation to update the state’s comprehensive AI law, including a requirement that developers disclose when systems might pose risks of violating the Colorado Privacy Act.
The California Privacy Protection Agency appreciates Gov. Gavin Newsom’s input on the CPPA’s rulemaking about automated decision-making technology (ADMT), the agency said.