Wash. House Privacy Bill Delayed; Va. Law Edit Advances

The Washington House Judiciary Committee delayed a vote scheduled for Friday on HB-1850, a privacy bill by Rep. Vandana Slatter (D) that got support and concerns at a hearing earlier in the week. It might be rescheduled to Wednesday, a House Democrats spokesperson told us. In Virginia, a proposed edit to the state’s 2021 privacy law moved to the House General Laws Committee after clearing a subcommittee by an 8-0 vote Thursday. HB-381 would allow a data controller to treat a consumer request to delete obtained by a third party as an opt-out for targeted advertising, personal data sale and from "profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer."