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Keypoint: Our final weekly update of the 2023 legislative session provides a recap of bills that are still alive.

Below is the twenty-third – and final – weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. With the legislatures in many states now adjourned for the year, we are concluding our weekly updates. However, as discussed below, there are still a handful of bills pending. We will continue tracking those bills and provide updates on an as-needed basis.Continue Reading Proposed State Privacy Law Update: June 19, 2023

Keypoint: Last week the Nevada legislature passed a health data privacy bill, the Delaware House passed a consumer data privacy bill, the Oregon House passed a data broker bill, and the New York Senate passed consumer and health data privacy bills although the New York legislature closed without further movement on the bills.

Below is the twenty-second weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders.

First, we are regularly updating our 2023 State Privacy Law Tracker, 2023 State Children’s Privacy Law Tracker, and 2023 State Biometric Privacy Law Tracker. We encourage you to bookmark the pages for easy reference.

Second, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change. If you are not already subscribed to our blog, consider doing so to stay updated. If you are interested in tracking developments between blog posts, consider following on LinkedIn and/or Twitter.Continue Reading Proposed State Privacy Law Update: June 12, 2023

Keypoint: Last week the Connecticut legislature passed Senator Maroney’s consumer health data / children’s privacy bill.

Below is the twenty-first weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders.

First, we are regularly updating our 2023 State Privacy Law Tracker, 2023 State Children’s Privacy Law Tracker, and 2023 State Biometric Privacy Law Tracker. We encourage you to bookmark the pages for easy reference.

Second, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change. If you are not already subscribed to our blog, consider doing so to stay updated. If you are interested in tracking developments between blog posts, consider following on LinkedIn and/or Twitter.Continue Reading Proposed State Privacy Law Update: June 5, 2023

Keypoint: Last week the Texas legislature passed consumer data privacy, children’s social media, and data broker bills while the Nevada Assembly passed an amended version of its health data privacy bill.

Below is the twentieth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders.

First, we are regularly updating our 2023 State Privacy Law Tracker, 2023 State Children’s Privacy Law Tracker, and 2023 State Biometric Privacy Law Tracker. We encourage you to bookmark the pages for easy reference.

Second, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change. If you are not already subscribed to our blog, consider doing so to stay updated. If you are interested in tracking developments between blog posts, consider following on LinkedIn and/or Twitter.Continue Reading Proposed State Privacy Law Update: May 30, 2023

Keypoint: Texas is the fifth legislature to pass a broad consumer data privacy bill this year with a bill that is a more consumer-friendly version of the Virginia law.

On May 28, 2023, the Texas legislature passed Republican Representative Giovanni Capriglione’s Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (HB 4). Subject to the procedural formalities, the bill will move to Texas Governor Greg Abbott who will then have twenty days from final adjournment to sign in, veto it, or allow it to become law without his signature.

Assuming the bill becomes law, Texas will become the tenth state – and fifth state this year – to pass a consumer data privacy bill. With a population of over thirty million people, Texas will be the second largest state (after California) to pass such legislation.

Importantly, the Texas bill passed the legislature after a conference committee process that reconciled differences between the versions that passed the House and Senate. The conference committee made changes to the bill such that reports or summaries of the bill before it passed the legislature on May 28 may be outdated.

The bill generally follows the Virginia model with some notable variations discussed below. Click here if you would like to see a more detailed comparison of the Texas bill against the nine other state laws enacted to date.Continue Reading Texas Legislature Passes Consumer Data Privacy Bill

Keypoint: Last week the Louisiana Senate passed a children’s social media bill, the Texas legislature appointed a conference committee for its comprehensive privacy bill, and various bills continued to advance in committees.

Below is the nineteenth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders.

First, we are regularly updating our 2023 State Privacy Law Tracker, 2023 State Children’s Privacy Law Tracker, and 2023 State Biometric Privacy Law Tracker. We encourage you to bookmark the pages for easy reference.

Second, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change. If you are not already subscribed to our blog, consider doing so to stay updated. If you are interested in tracking developments between blog posts, consider following on LinkedIn and/or Twitter.Continue Reading Proposed State Privacy Law Update: May 22, 2023

Keypoint: Last week the Texas Senate passed a comprehensive data privacy bill, the Tennessee Governor signed HB 1181 into law, and the Connecticut Senate passed a health/children’s privacy bill.

Below is the eighteenth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders.

First, we are regularly updating our 2023 State Privacy Law Tracker, 2023 State Children’s Privacy Law Tracker, and 2023 State Biometric Privacy Law Tracker. We encourage you to bookmark the pages for easy reference.

Second, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change. If you are not already subscribed to our blog, consider doing so to stay updated. If you are interested in tracking developments between blog posts, consider following on LinkedIn and/or Twitter.Continue Reading Proposed State Privacy Law Update: May 15, 2023

Keypoint: Last week the Florida legislature passed a consumer data privacy bill while the Texas legislature continued to advance both consumer data privacy and data broker bills.

Below is the seventeenth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders.

First, we are regularly updating our 2023 State Privacy Law Tracker, 2023 State Children’s Privacy Law Tracker, and 2023 State Biometric Privacy Law Tracker. We encourage you to bookmark the pages for easy reference.

Second, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change. If you are not already subscribed to our blog, consider doing so to stay updated. If you are interested in tracking developments between blog posts, consider following on LinkedIn and/or Twitter.Continue Reading Proposed State Privacy Law Update: May 8, 2023

Keypoint: Last week the Washington Governor signed the My Health My Data Act, the Nevada Senate passed a health / biometric privacy bill, the Florida Senate passed a consumer privacy bill, and the Texas House and Florida House passed children’s social media privacy bills.

Below is the sixteenth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders.

First, we are regularly updating our 2023 State Privacy Law Tracker, 2023 State Children’s Privacy Law Tracker, and 2023 State Biometric Privacy Law Tracker. We encourage you to bookmark the pages for easy reference.

Second, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change. If you are not already subscribed to our blog, consider doing so to stay updated. If you are interested in tracking developments between blog posts, consider following on LinkedIn and/or Twitter.Continue Reading Proposed State Privacy Law Update: May 1, 2023

Keypoint: Last week the legislatures in Montana and Tennessee passed consumer data privacy bills and the Washington legislature passed the My Health My Data Act.

Below is the fifteenth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders.

First, we are regularly updating our 2023 State Privacy Law Tracker, 2023 State Children’s Privacy Law Tracker, and 2023 State Biometric Privacy Law Tracker. We encourage you to bookmark the pages for easy reference.

Second, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change. If you are not already subscribed to our blog, consider doing so to stay updated. If you are interested in tracking developments between blog posts, consider following on LinkedIn and/or Twitter.Continue Reading Proposed State Privacy Law Update: April 24, 2023