Lawmakers voted three bills out of committee in February, including New York’s S6701A, Ohio’s HB 376, and Florida’s HB 9. Several new bills also have been introduced, including in Arizona, Iowa, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. More movement has taken place on Virginia’s data privacy law. In biometric bill news, the Maryland Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on SB 335, and in data broker bill news, HB 4017 has been voted out of committee. Privacy bills similar to the CCPA have been introduced in 28 states/jurisdictions, while six states are considering BIPA-like biometric information privacy bills.
