The House Commerce Committee is organizing a working group to determine a path forward on privacy legislation, Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., told us Tuesday.
Colorado will step in if the federal government pulls back on privacy enforcement under the second Trump administration, the state’s AG Phil Weiser (D) told Privacy Daily. In an interview, he said privacy will continue to be a priority for the state in 2025, with Weiser hoping to raise awareness with businesses and consumers about their duties and rights under the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA).
New-for-2025 comprehensive privacy bills appeared in Illinois and Oklahoma this week. In Illinois, state Sen. Sue Rezin's (R) proposed measure seems based on California’s law. The Oklahoma proposal, from Sen. Brent Howard (R), takes a Virginia-style approach. Privacy Daily is tracking comprehensive bills in at least five states.
Rep. Gus Bilirakis will reintroduce the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) “as soon as possible," the Florida Republican told us Thursday.
Privacy protections might be sidelined during the Trump administration in order to focus on other emerging technology, said Mallory Knodel, founder of the Social Web Foundation, in a Friday piece for TechPolicy.Press.
Signaling a possible trend, an increasing number of state legislators are filing AI discrimination bills. Similar to Colorado's nation-first AI law, the bills focus on preventing businesses from discriminating by using AI algorithms.
New York State Assemblymember Alex Bores (D) plans to file legislation that regulates frontier AI models later this month, with concepts similar to a bill vetoed in California last year.
Del. Bonita Anthony (D) offered a bill in the Virginia legislature Wednesday that would amend the state’s comprehensive privacy law that went into effect in 2023. The proposed amendments add and define the terms “secondary use” and “user-generated content,” as well as add reporting requirements for controllers and processors of personal data.
New Hampshire's House Judiciary Committee Chair Bob Lynn (R) introduced a bipartisan bill Wednesday that emphasizes citizens' expectation of privacy when their personal information is collected and used.
A Texas bill covering smart devices aims to show “people in real-time on their personal devices what data is being collected and by whom and also gives them the ability to stop the data collection,” state Sen. Bryan Hughes (R) said in an emailed statement Wednesday.