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Subcommittee backs Second Amendment privacy bill aimed at preventing financial tracking of gun purchases
Summary
A bill described as the 'Second Amendment Privacy Act' advanced from the General Law Subcommittee after bankers and the attorney general’s office discussed language about merchant category codes, interstate compliance and cure periods for alleged violations.
The General Law Subcommittee advanced a bill described during the hearing as the Second Amendment Privacy Act that would restrict payment-card networks and financial firms from creating databases or otherwise profiling firearm purchasers based on purchase data.
Supporters said the bill aims to protect gun owners’ financial privacy by preventing card networks from using merchant category codes to identify firearm-related transactions; banking representatives said the bill is not opposed but requested technical language changes to avoid…
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