BILL · 2023–24 SESSION
HB 1799: Data brokers
Concerning the registration of business entities that qualify as data brokers.
Summary
- Requires data brokers to register annually with the Department of Licensing (Department) before collecting, selling, or licensing brokered personal data.
- Permits the Department to impose civil penalties of no more than $500 per violation and $500 for each day the violation continues, but not to exceed $10,000 in any year.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2023
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Shelley Kloba (D-1)
- Introduced
- February 9, 2023 in the House
- Last action
- January 8, 2024
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to the registration of business entities that qualify as data brokers;
Sponsors
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business.
HB 1799 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 1799 (2025–26) Violent firearm offenses
- HB 1799 (2021–22) Organic materials management
- HB 1799 (2019–20) Death certificate short form
- HB 1799 (2017–18) Forest health agreements
- HB 1799 (2015–16) County electronic auctions
- HB 1799 (2013–14) Criminal activity at rentals
- HB 1799 (2011–12) Annexation/fire prot. dists
- HB 1799 (2009–10) Mercury release reduction