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House repasses amended consumer privacy bill to protect children and precise location data
Summary
The House concurred with Senate amendments to House Bill 2008B, a technical amendment to the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act that clarifies protections for children's personal data and precise geolocation information; sponsors said the changes were requested by industry and the bill passed unanimously.
The Oregon House on Tuesday concurred with Senate amendments to House Bill 2008B, an update to the state’s consumer privacy law that sponsors said clarifies protections for children’s personal data and for precise geolocation information.
Representative Johnson, who moved the concurrence, told colleagues the underlying measure amended the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act to add two protections: shielding children’s personal data from sale and protecting precise geolocation data. The Senate amendment clarified the definition of “precise geolocation data” after an industry request, Johnson said.
“On the senate side we made one very technical amendment that was requested at the request of industry to make sure it was clear what was included and what was not included in the definition of precise geolocation data,” Representative Johnson said. He noted HB 2008A had passed the House unanimously earlier.
There was no additional floor debate, and the clerk later announced HB 2008B “having received the constitutional majority is declared passed.” The sponsor urged unanimous support and described the change as technical rather than substantive.
The change will return the bill to its sponsors for final enrollment; floor action on concurrence does not itself expand the bill’s substantive scope beyond the clarified definition the Senate added.
