Senate passes bill to restrict foreign access to Texans’ genetic data
The Senate approved committee substitute House Bill 130 to increase protections for genetic information, a measure framed by sponsors as a response to national‑security concerns about foreign actors harvesting genomic data.
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The Texas Senate passed a committee substitute to House Bill 130, legislation designed to protect residents’ genomic data from foreign adversaries and restrict certain transfers of genetic information that sponsors described as a national‑security risk.
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