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Committee backs framework bill to guide privacy-first state digital identity work
Summary
SB 260 passed the committee unanimously. The measure does not create a state digital ID but directs agencies to study and recommend a privacy- and individual-control-centered path for a potential future state-endorsed digital identity program, prohibiting coercion and requiring strong security and anti-surveillance safeguards.
The House Economic Development and Workforce Services Standing Committee on Wednesday voted unanimously to recommend SB 260, a bill that sets policy principles and directs study for a potential state-endorsed digital identity program while explicitly prioritizing individual control, privacy, and strong security safeguards.
Chris Bramwell, Utah—s chief privacy officer and director of the Office of Data Privacy, told the committee the bill reflects 18 months of stakeholder work and is meant to ensure that if the state ever implements an endorsed digital identity it will be privacy-preserving and under individual control.…
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