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Committee reviews companion bill to secure Texans’ genomic sequencing data from foreign access
3191419 · May 5, 2025
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Summary
House Bill 130 (companion to Senate Bill 2429) would regulate genome sequencing data security, require encryption and limit foreign access; a committee substitute added bankruptcy protections and the bill was left pending.
The committee considered House Bill 130, a companion to Senate Bill 24 29, which would restrict foreign access to Texans’ genomic sequencing data and require entities handling that data to adopt encryption and cybersecurity best practices.
Senator Hughes, the Senate sponsor, described the bill’s intent to prevent…
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