A Wyoming bill limiting government use of personal data passed the Senate unanimously on Monday. State senators voted 31-0 for SF-65. The House received the bill Tuesday.
State senators passed multiple updates to the Virginia Consumer Data Privacy Act (VCDPA) on Monday.
Two Tennessee Democrats want to amend the state privacy law to add authorized-agent and universal opt-out mechanism requirements. On Friday, Rep. John Clemmons (D) introduced HB-630 in the House, while Sen. Heidi Campbell (D) filed SB-663. The cross-filed bills would let consumers choose an authorized agent for opt-out requests and require data controllers to comply with opt-out preference signals from tools like the Global Privacy Control, which lets users toggle a browser setting so they can opt out from several companies simultaneously.
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.
A Hawaii House committee on Friday voted unanimously in favor of a bill that would establish an AI Advisory Council.
The Wyoming Senate received a bill requiring age verification Friday after the House approved it a day earlier.
The Utah House voted 69-1 Friday to pass a teachers' privacy bill. HB-124 goes next to the Senate.
A Washington state privacy bill with a private right of action is scheduled for a first hearing on Feb. 4 at 10:30 a.m. PT in the House Technology Committee. Rep. Shelley Kloba (D) introduced HB-1671 on Tuesday.
A pair of proposed updates to Virginia’s comprehensive privacy law cleared the Senate General Laws Committee on Wednesday.
A South Carolina House Judiciary subcommittee heard some debate but didn't get to a vote on a bill regulating social media for minors on Wednesday.