A Vermont Senate panel weighed changes to an age-appropriate design code bill (S-69) at a meeting Wednesday. The Institutions Committee was scheduled to meet again about the bill Thursday.
The Connecticut Senate will vote on an AI bill by Sen. James Maroney (D) this year, as it did last year, declared President Pro Tempore Martin Looney (D) at a press conference ahead of a Wednesday hearing on SB-2. While Looney said passage of the bill is urgent, Connecticut's chief innovation officer told a hearing the state risks regulating too soon and getting it wrong.
Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) would lack the resources to enforce Maryland privacy laws without a proposed tax on data brokers that would fund a dedicated privacy team in his office, he said during a state House Economic Matters Committee hearing Tuesday. During a livestreamed session, the panel heard testimony on HB-1089, which would require that data brokers register with the state and, starting in the 2027 tax year, pay a 6% tax on gross income.
The Montana Senate voted 49-0 to pass substantive updates to the state’s comprehensive privacy law on Monday.
House Commerce Committee Republicans on Friday requested public input on potential federal privacy legislation. The elimination of a private right of action, preemption of state privacy and AI laws and conflicts with existing federal law were among the topics Republicans outlined in their request for information (RFI).
New Mexico lawmakers are weighing whether to join states like Washington and New York in passing health data privacy bills. The New Mexico House Health Committee voted 5-4, with Republicans voting no, to narrowly advance HB-430 at a livestreamed hearing Monday. Increased urgency in some states to protect reproductive health data privacy since President Donald Trump returned to the White House has driven interest in such legislation (see 2502210015).
More states are considering measures that protect the privacy of reproductive health data in the wake of President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, privacy experts said in recent interviews.
The Georgia Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee on Wednesday voted unanimously in favor of a comprehensive privacy bill (SB-111).
The Montana Senate could soon vote on a bill broadening how many businesses are covered by the state's comprehensive privacy law. Meanwhile, in Kentucky, a House panel advanced a bill tweaking healthcare exemptions in that state's data privacy law.
Vermont Sen. Wendy Harrison (D) aims to protect kids’ data privacy with a state age-appropriate design code bill (S-69), she said during a webcast hearing Tuesday. However, even before hearing from witnesses, Sen. Russ Ingalls (R) said he didn’t think he could support the bill. “I’m really nervous for businesses,” he said.