A proposed private right of action will be removed from a New Hampshire age-verification bill that seeks to restrict children’s access to porn, said its sponsor, Sen. Tara Reardon (D), at a livestreamed state Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday. Reardon said her planned amendment to SB-648 would also allow companies to assert rights under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Colorado will discuss a “few tweaks” to the AI Act this session regarding reporting requirements, attorney general rulemaking authority and the scope of liability, Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez (D) said in a Troutman podcast posted Thursday.
Washington state Rep. Shelley Kloba (D) has grown more open to compromise on her comprehensive privacy bill as she’s watched other states enact a law and then strengthen it through amendment bills in subsequent years, she told Privacy Daily. Kloba said that includes a willingness to negotiate on the private right of action (PRA), a provision of her bill that received much pushback from industry and Republicans last year (see 2503030046 and 2502140048).
A slew of comprehensive privacy law bills from 2025 are expected to return in the new year. While no new states joined about 20 others with broad consumer privacy laws this year, 16 additional states had bills that either will carry over to 2026 or could be reintroduced.
Efforts continue to pass a New Mexico comprehensive privacy bill that includes a private right of action, but logistical issues in the legislature could prevent the measure from getting a hearing in 2026, supporters said.
Florida Senate Commerce Chair Tom Leek (R) prefiled a proposed AI Bill of Rights after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) called for one earlier this month (see 2512040046). Prefiling readies the bill for the Florida legislative session opening Jan. 23.
The House Commerce Committee plans to take “action” on comprehensive privacy legislation after considering kid bills this spring, a committee staffer said in a statement Friday.
A federal court permanently blocked a Louisiana law that would require age verification before a user could access social media platforms Monday, ruling that it violated the First Amendment. The decision Monday was a win for NetChoice, which sued the state over the statute in March claiming free speech violations and privacy risks (see 2503180048).
Consumer advocates released a model bill on AI chatbots Tuesday that aims to address growing privacy concerns around the technology. Consumer Federation of America, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Fairplay have already shared the "People-First Chatbot Bill" with lawmakers in several states and plan to talk to more legislators soon, EPIC counsel Kara Williams told Privacy Daily.
New York senators delivered a controversial New York health data privacy bill to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Monday, nearly a year after it quickly passed the legislature back in January (see 2501280023). Transmission of S-929 gives Hochul 10 days to decide its fate, a spokesperson for the governor's office said Tuesday. “The Governor will review the legislation."