Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Maryland House of Delegates, Senate Approve Data Privacy Bills

On Saturday – just ahead of yesterday's "crossover day" deadline – the Maryland House of Delegates voted 105-32 to approve HB-567, comprehensive data privacy legislation. The cross-filed Senate bill, SB-541, passed unanimously last Thursday.

Should the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024, which has been referred to conference, become law, it would represent the sixteenth contribution to the state-level "patchwork" of comprehensive data privacy laws that has emerged in the face of Congress's continuing failure to act.

For an overview of the law's specific provisions, please see "Free State Lawmakers Debate Data Privacy Legislation," a February 2024 post to the FSF Blog.