Stick with the New Hampshire privacy law that took effect Jan. 1, industry lobbyists urged during a state House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday. The committee heard testimony on HB-195, which sponsor Rep. Bob Lynn (R) described as a supplement to the comprehensive New Hampshire Data Privacy Act (NHDPA). It’s “a very reasonable bill" that had bipartisan support last year, he said.
A possible Georgia data privacy law moved closer to reality as the Senate voted 53-2 on a bipartisan basis Monday to pass SB-111. The bill by Sen. John Albers (R) will go to the House next.
A Maryland Democrat and state retailers rallied for a bill that would remove teeth from data minimization rules in the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA) during a livestreamed hearing Tuesday. But consumer groups lambasted HB-1365, as they did shortly after it was introduced last month (see 2502100032), arguing that it would gut the privacy law that takes effect Oct. 1.
After a contentious hearing last week on a New Mexico comprehensive privacy bill, the sponsor presented an amended version of the legislation to the House Commerce Committee at a Monday meeting. The panel cleared the bill 9-0.
Washington state bills requiring privacy and AI transparency are apparently dead after missing a Friday cutoff to clear fiscal committees in the legislature. However, child privacy bills in the House and Senate cleared their respective fiscal committees in time.
Senate Republicans expect a straightforward path to confirming FTC nominee Mark Meador, which would allow the commission’s Republican majority to act on two privacy rulemakings.
Vermont Rep. Monique Priestley (D) criticized a comprehensive privacy bill introduced Thursday in the state Senate. Sen. Thomas Chittenden (D) introduced S-93 on the same day that the Senate Institutions Committee started walking through the Senate version (S-71) of Priestley’s previously introduced H-208, which also seeks a broad data privacy law (see 2502130013).
A Vermont Senate panel narrowed the scope of a kids code bill at a livestreamed meeting Thursday. The Institutions Committee then split 3-2 to clear S-69, with Republicans casting the no votes.
Nine people testified in opposition to New Mexico’s proposed Consumer Information and Data Protection Act during a bill hearing Wednesday, arguing that the comprehensive privacy bill doesn't protect minority groups and provides exemptions for large corporations. Despite two business groups testifying in favor of the bill, House Commerce Committee Chair Doreen Gallegos (D) delayed a vote until a later date.
The Kentucky House unanimously supported revising healthcare exemptions in the state’s comprehensive privacy law. The House voted 96-0 Tuesday for HB-473, which would update the law by fleshing out an exemption for data subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (see 2502190028). Kentucky’s comprehensive privacy law takes effect next January. HB-473 goes next to the Senate.