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.
Vermont Rep. Monique Priestley (D) will introduce three privacy bills this week, the lawmaker said Tuesday.
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Health and location data bills joined a growing pile of privacy legislation at the Illinois legislature this year (see 2502070049). Both measures would include a private right of action.
Illinois legislators introduced a slew of privacy measures last week, including a comprehensive bill, Delete Act proposal and multiple updates to the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
A New Mexico privacy bill would target websites that collect personal data from consumers for targeted advertising of data brokering. Rep. Pamelya Herndon (D) introduced the Internet Privacy & Safety Act (HB-307) on Wednesday.
Nebraska should avoid passing AI legislation with onerous reporting requirements and overly broad definitions, industry groups told the state's Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing Thursday.
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A Washington state House chair strongly supported letting individuals sue companies in comprehensive privacy legislation despite concerns that state and national industry groups raised about possibly making Washington the only state with that type of enforcement mechanism. At a livestreamed hearing Tuesday, the House Technology Committee heard support from consumer advocates and opposition from industry about HB-1671, a measure Rep. Shelley Kloba (D) introduced. Kloba hopes the bill can be scheduled for a committee vote next week, her office said after the hearing.
Following months of discussion about revising Colorado’s first-in-the-nation AI discrimination law, a legislative task force recommended more meetings in a report released Monday.