Senate Appropriations Committee advances SB 1106 to Senate floor, shortens data-deletion window

The Senate Committee on Appropriations advanced SB 1106 to the Senate floor after a unanimous 5-0 roll call, moving the bill out on a due-pass motion.

Senator Cabaldon, who presented the measure, said the bill "shortens the time frame by which data brokers must comply with a user's request to delete their data from their system from 45 days to 30 days," asserting that current technology makes the change feasible. He also told the panel the bill would impose no new fiscal costs to state agencies when doing routine regulatory updates.

The committee chair called for public testimony; none was offered. Senator Grayson moved the due-pass motion and the assistant conducted the roll call, after which the clerk recorded a 5 to 0 tally in favor. The chair placed the item on call to allow additional members to add on later in the hearing.

The hearing record shows the Department of Finance did not participate in the session, the chair said, because the department had "no comments on any of the bills before the committee this morning." The committee concluded consideration of SB 1106 and advanced it to the Senate floor for further action.