House Advances Federal Privacy Legislation – By Marguerite Reardon (CNET) / July 21, 2022
The bill, a breakthrough after years of negotiations, would finally provide nationwide privacy protections for consumers, dictating how companies can collect, store and use their personal data.
A long-awaited federal data privacy bill cleared a major legislative hurdle on Wednesday as a House committee voted to advance it.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 53-2 on a bipartisan basis to advance the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) to the full House of Representatives for a vote. This is a significant step forward for legislation that has taken years of negotiation between Democrats and Republicans to codify federal data privacy protections for consumers. But the bill still faces a long road ahead as key Democrats in the Senate have voiced opposition to key provisions.
One of the biggest sticking points for the bill is a provision that overrides states’ privacy laws. This is a big concern for several California lawmakers, who say the bill would gut California’s state law, which is the strongest data privacy law in the US.
“I recognize that this law would be an improvement for much of the country, but I can’t say the same for my constituents and all Californians,” Rep. Anna Eshoo, a Democrat from California, said in a statement. Eshoo and a fellow California Democrat, Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán, were the only two to vote against the bill in committee.
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