Keypoint: It was a very busy week with Kentucky on the cusp of passing a consumer data privacy bill, Maryland advancing consumer and children’s bills, and movement on bills in Minnesota, Vermont, Georgia, Maine, and New York.

Below is the eighth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2024.

Table of Contents

  1. What’s New
  2. Bill Tracker Charts
  3. Bill Tracker Maps

1. What’s New?

Last week was a very busy week for proposed state privacy laws.

Turning first to consumer data privacy bills, an amended Kentucky HB 15 passed the Senate on March 11. The bill previously passed the House on February 20. The Senate added two minor amendments that the House will need to vote on for final passage. The bill is a Virginia clone with a few minor modifications, primarily around the addition of more exemptions.

Maryland moved forward with passing its companion bills SB 541 and HB 567. The Senate version of the bill unanimously passed the Senate on March 14 and is now with the House Economic Matters Committee. The House version of the bill is on third reading in the House. The Maryland bill is one to watch. As currently drafted, the bill has a new approach to sensitive data and data minimization.

In Minnesota, an amended HF 2309 passed out of the House State and Local Government Finance and Policy committee. The bill was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee. The bill’s sponsor – Representative Elkins – indicated that Ways and Means is the final House committee that needs to consider the bill. The bill will remain in that committee pending the Governor, House and Senate agreeing on overall supplemental budget targets.

In Vermont, Representative Priestley’s H.121 passed out of the House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development on March 15. This is another bill to watch as it contains unique provisions and a private right of action.

Georgia is on our watchlist with the legislature set to close on March 28. The Georgia Senate passed SB 473 on February 27. The House Technology & Infrastructure Innovation Committee held a hearing on the bill on March 14. The bill sponsor stated that the bill is modeled on the Tennessee law and that California “got it wrong” and “went too far.” The bill sponsor indicated that they are working through an amended version of the bill based on belated feedback received from some stakeholders.

Finally, in Maine, another work session was held on the competing bills LD 1973 / LD 1977.

In children’s privacy bill developments, Maryland’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act companion bills (HB 603 / SB 571) each passed out of their respective chambers. HB 603 unanimously passed the House on March 14. It is now with the Senate Finance Committee. SB 571 unanimously passed the Senate on March 14. It is now with the House Economic Matters Committee.

In Vermont, S.289 passed through two committees last week. This is an Age-Appropriate Design Code Act bill.

In New York, S 70695 was amended and recommitted to the Internet and Technology Committee on March 12.

In Utah, the Governor signed HB 464 and SB 194 into law on March 13. You can read our analysis of these social media bills here.

In biometric privacy bill news, a work session was held on Maine’s LD 1705 on March 14. The committee voted “ought not to pass” on the basis that the bill is not necessary given the work on LD 1973 and LD 1977.

Colorado’s HB 1130 was set for a March 27 hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill seeks to amend the Colorado Privacy Act to provide additional requirements for the treatment of biometric data. The bill previously passed the House.

In health data privacy bill developments, Colorado HB 1058 was set for a March 21 hearing in the Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee. The bill seeks to add biological and neural data to the Colorado Privacy Act’s definition of sensitive data. The bill previously passed the House.

In Maine, a work session was held on LD 1902 on March 14. The committee voted “ought not to pass.” Finally, Illinois’ HB 4093 was set for a March 21 committee hearing.

2. Bill Tracker Charts

For more information on all of the bills introduced to date, including links to the bills, bill status, last action, hearing dates, and bill sponsor information, please see the following charts:

Husch privacy clients can access unredacted copies of the charts through Byte Back+.

3. Bill Tracker Maps

To access our tracker maps, click the following links: