A California bill seeking to limit “surveillance pricing” cleared a key committee at a hearing Tuesday afternoon. The Assembly Privacy Committee voted 10-4 for SB-259, with Republicans opposing. In addition, the committee cleared bills about data brokers and breaches as part of a unanimous vote on a consent agenda. All the bills previously passed in the Senate.
A North Carolina bill aimed at protecting children on social media cleared a House committee Tuesday. The Commerce Committee voted by voice to advance an amended HB-860 to the Appropriations Committee.
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A proposed requirement that mental health warning labels appear on social media passed the Minnesota legislature and was presented to Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Thursday. The New York Senate passed a similar bill the same day. Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recommended social media warning labels last year (see 2406170059),
New York's Senate rushed through AI legislation without taking stakeholder feedback into account -- favorable or unfavorable, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) said Friday. Meanwhile, the Software Information Industry Association (SIIA) said it’s dissatisfied with recent changes to one of the bills.
A tech industry group on Friday ruled out the possibility that a rulemaking would alleviate its concerns with Vermont’s new age-appropriate design code law. Gov. Phil Scott (R) signed S-69 on Thursday (see 2506120094) despite vetoing a similar proposal last year. Businesses of all sizes will have to comply with the Vermont AADC or potentially face AG enforcement or lawsuits from individuals via a private right of action in the state's existing consumer protection law.
Democrats on Wednesday reintroduced bicameral legislation that would set data-minimization standards for the collection and sharing of personal reproductive and sexual health data.
The New York Senate voted in support of a bill regulating high-risk AI with enforcement from the attorney general and through a private right of action.
The California Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill aimed at protecting reproductive health privacy, including through a private right of action. The bill, which appropriators recently cleared (see 2505230062), now moves to the Senate.
Vermont Rep. Monique Priestley (D) posted a new version of her comprehensive privacy bill Friday. However, the legislature doesn’t plan to advance it until next year, following summer talks (see 2505280021).