With the Georgia General Assembly session ending Friday, the state’s comprehensive privacy bill looks unlikely to pass the legislature this year.
Montana Sen. Daniel Zolnikov (R) is “very confident” Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) will sign his neural data privacy bill into law, the state senator told us after SB-163 passed the legislature Thursday. Montana senators voted 49-1 for the legislation, which adds neurotechnology data to the state’s Genetic Information Privacy Act and modifies the same law to allow people to volunteer for medical studies.
NEW YORK CITY -- State lawmakers are following up on their comprehensive privacy laws with AI legislation that seeks to regulate consequential decisions, said AI and privacy legal experts at a Perrin Conferences event Wednesday at the New York City Bar Association. Amid general federal inaction, state lawmakers have proposed hundreds of AI bills on a plethora of subjects related to the growing technology, they noted.
More than 30 Wisconsin Republicans sponsored a comprehensive privacy bill introduced Thursday in the GOP-controlled legislature on Thursday. Co-sponsors to SB-166 by Sen. Romaine Quinn (R) include three other senators and 28 Assembly members.
Utah added a right to correct inaccurate information to its comprehensive privacy law. Gov. Spencer Cox (R) Thursday signed HB-418, which would also require social media data portability and interoperability (see 2503100039).
Vermont’s take on Daniel’s Law of New Jersey passed the state House with a private right of action (PRA) intact Friday, despite reservations by some members about that enforcement provision allowing individuals to sue.
The Texas Senate voted 31-0 Wednesday to approve a bill requiring data brokers, when registering in the state, to include a link to the broker's website that instructs consumers about exercising their data privacy rights under the Texas comprehensive privacy law.
Privacy bills passed their originating chambers in multiple states this week -- and there could be more votes soon. On Thursday, the Vermont Senate voted unanimously by voice to approve a comprehensive privacy bill (S-71), sending it to the House.
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.