Fla. House Privacy Vote Imminent; Wash. Privacy Act Is Back

The Florida House may vote Tuesday on the comprehensive privacy bill by Rep. Fiona McFarland (R) that cleared the Judiciary Committee last week (see 2202240003). The House added HB-9 Thursday to its Tuesday special order calendar. The bill will be heard Tuesday, confirmed McFarland’s legislative aide Clay Gunter. In Washington state, the Senate resurrected last year’s Washington Privacy Act by Sen. Reuven Carlyle (D). After adding SB-5062 Feb. 17 to the X-File, a list of bills that won’t go to the floor, the Senate moved the bill Thursday to its White Sheet, a list of bills that the Rules Committee can consider for further action. “There are a few steps that the bill would require before it could go to the floor, but we’re monitoring any action on the bill,” emailed Jennifer Lee, American Civil Liberties Union-Washington technology and liberty project manager. Carlyle’s other bill, SB-5813, looks dead, she said. The House’s bill (HB-1850) remains alive and next needs Appropriations Committee approval. The Connecticut Joint General Law Committee on set a March 3 hearing on the state’s comprehensive SB-6 (see 2202170028).