Ore. Senate Passes Privacy Bill; N.J. to Study Social Media

The Oregon Senate passed a comprehensive privacy bill Tuesday. Senators voted 23-2 to send SB-619 to the House, which then referred the bill to the Ways and Means Committee. The bill initially included a private right of action, but a Senate panel removed it in April, leaving the attorney general as the proposed law’s sole enforcer (see 2306010025). In New Jersey, the legislature passed a bill (SB-715) to study social media’s effects on adolescents (see 2303310029). The Senate voted 36-0 Tuesday to concur with Assembly amendments.