The Alabama House Commerce Committee will weigh a comprehensive privacy bill at a hearing next Wednesday, according to a committee agenda. Rep. Mike Shaw (R) on Thursday introduced HB-283, which would be exclusively enforced by the state attorney general.
A private right of action survived a Washington House panel vote on a comprehensive privacy bill Friday. The state's House Technology Committee voted 7-4 on partisan lines to advance an amended HB-1671, with Republicans supplying the nays.
The House Commerce Committee’s new Republican working group will focus solely on comprehensive privacy legislation, and Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., will remain the lead on kids privacy, Rep. John Joyce, R-Pa., told us Thursday.
Perhaps New Mexico shouldn’t go beyond other states' privacy laws, legislators on the House Commerce Committee said during a livestreamed hearing Wednesday. However, an American Civil Liberties official encouraged New Mexico lawmakers to lead the way with HB-307, an opt-in privacy bill containing a private right of action, strict data minimization requirements and kids’ design code rules (see 2502060058).
Long-anticipated bills by Vermont state Rep. Monique Priestly (D) on comprehensive data privacy (H-208), an age-appropriate design code (H-210) and data broker deletion requirements (H-211) formally entered the legislature on Wednesday. The 2025 privacy bill “contains a number of adjustments that address concerns from stakeholders, including members of the business community, while maintaining the core consumer protections expected by Vermonters,” said an H-208 summary.
Privacy and data protection laws are mushrooming, with nearly 150 countries adopting such regulations, speakers said during a Thursday IAPP webinar. There are 144 nations with national data protection measures, covering nearly 82% of the world's population, IAPP said in an updated report.
More companies could become subject to the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act under changes contemplated by the original law’s sponsor. Senate Energy and Technology Chair Daniel Zolnikov (R) told Privacy Daily on Thursday he wants to slash the legislation’s applicability thresholds and tighten exemptions. Moreover, under a bill (SB-297) he filed earlier this week, Montana would also add child protections and cut in half the comprehensive privacy law’s 60-day right to cure.
Rep. John Joyce, R-Pa., will lead House Republicans’ working group for comprehensive privacy legislation, House Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., announced Wednesday, as expected (see 2501150064).
Oregon finalized a state government AI action plan, Gov. Tina Kotek (D) said Tuesday. An AI advisory council, established by a 2023 executive order, approved the plan that day, the governor’s office said.
Oklahoma’s possible comprehensive privacy law wouldn’t take effect until July 1, 2026, under a proposed amendment filed Wednesday by SB-546 sponsor Sen. Brent Howard (R).