Expect a fierce legislative battle!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/10889989

Big news in DC: a new bipartisan, bicameral proposal for a “compromise” federal privacy bill, the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA). At this point, take it all with a grain of salt; in 2022, the initial draft of the bill was promising, but it got weakened substantially by the subcommittee and then weakened further by the committee. I haven’t read the discussion draft yet so don’t have any strong opinions on it.

  • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
    62·
    7 months ago

    State preemption should make this dead on arrival.

    Huh, a wild “States Rights” argument appears! Are you SURE that’s what you want? It would certainly make Texas and other Red States pretty damn happy if their laws had supremacy over Federal ones.

    • Dupree878@lemmy.world
      2·
      7 months ago

      I don’t understand why states can’t just have more stringent requirements and the federal one being the bare minimum

    • Gutless2615@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      Floor not ceiling preemption is a thing. And last year TEXAS passed data broker registration bill. I do trust the Texas legislature to be more likely to be able to get stuff done into the future then congress.