Keypoint: Last week, the Utah legislature passed two bills prior to closing while Georgia’s Senate passed a consumer data privacy bill and the Arizona House passed a social media bill.
Below is the ninth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2025. As always, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change.
Table of Contents
- What’s New
- AI Bills
- Bill Tracker Chart
1. What’s New
The big news last week was the Utah legislature passing two bills prior to closing on March 7. On March 5, the legislature passed SB 142, which enacts provisions governing app store operations and creates requirements for age verification and parental consent. On March 6, the legislature passed HB 418, which adds a right to correct to Utah’s existing consumer data privacy law and also creates new obligations on social media companies. Both bills now head to Utah Governor Spencer Cox for consideration.
Moving to consumer data privacy bill updates, the Georgia Senate passed the Georgia Consumer Privacy Protection Act (SB 111) on March 3 by a 53-2 vote. The bill crossed chambers shortly before the March 6 crossover deadline. It is now with the House Technology and Infrastructure Innovation Committee. Last year’s version of the bill (SB 473) also passed the Senate but failed in the House. Georgia’s legislature closes April 3.
In New Mexico, an amended HB 410 – the Consumer Info & Data Protection Act – was reported out of committee on March 4. In broad terms, the bill is perhaps most closely aligned with Connecticut’s existing law. It does not contain a private right of action. The New Mexico legislature closes March 22.
In Kentucky, after passing the House last week, HB 473 was reported favorably from the Senate Economic Development, Tourism & Labor Committee. It is now with the Rules Committee. The bill amends Kentucky’s existing consumer data privacy law to add a healthcare-related exemption and make technical changes.
Turning to children’s privacy bills, Arizona’s House passed HB 2861 (social media) on March 3 by a 47-11 vote. It is now with the Senate. Arizona’s legislature closes April 26.
In Oklahoma, an amended HB 1388 (social media) passed out of committee while SB 931 (social media) and SB 885 (social media) were placed on the Senate General Order.
In Washington, HB 1834 (protecting children online) was placed on second reading. The last date to consider bills in their house of origin is March 12.
In Iowa, HF 278 (social media) was renumbered as HF 798. It was then introduced and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In New York, A 6549 – the New York Children’s Online Safety Act – was introduced on March 6. It is a companion bill to S 4609.
Moving to biometric bills, Texas Representative Capriglione introduced a bill (HB 3755) to amend the state’s biometric privacy bill. The bill would add a definition of artificial intelligence and state the the law does not apply to AI or related training, processing, or storage, unless performed for the purpose of uniquely identifying a specific individual.
Meanwhile, Minnesota Senator Eric Lucero introduced SF 2260 – a BIPA-like bill with a private right of action. Senator Lucero ran a similar bill (SF 954) last year.
Finally, Hawaii’s crossover deadline was March 6. The four bills we have been tracking did not make it out of their house of origin prior to that deadline.
2. AI Bills
Our latest edition of Byte Back AI is now available to subscribers. Subscriptions start as low as $50/month. In this edition, we provide:
- A summary of the five AI-related bills that passed the Utah legislature prior to its March 7 closing.
- Updates on AI bills in numerous states, including bills crossing chambers in Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, Rhode Island, Washington, and West Virginia.
- Summaries of hearings on bills in Ohio (algorithmic price-fixing) and Kansas (CSAM).
- Our “three things to know this week.”
- An updated state AI bill tracker chart.
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3. Bill Tracker Chart
For more information on all of the privacy bills introduced to date, including links to the bills, bill status, last action, and hearing dates, please see our bill tracker chart.