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Senate committee unanimously advances Georgia consumer data‑privacy bill
Summary
The committee advanced Senate Bill 111, the Georgia Consumer Data Privacy Protection Act, a state‑level privacy measure modeled on laws passed elsewhere. The bill passed committee unanimously after supporters said it balances consumer protections with business interests and preserves existing federal privacy exemptions.
The Georgia Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism voted unanimously to advance Senate Bill 111, the Georgia Consumer Data Privacy Protection Act, a comprehensive consumer privacy proposal the sponsor described as a "pro‑Georgia version" of state privacy laws passed elsewhere.
Senator Albers, sponsor of SB111, said the bill was developed over about 18 months with industry and legislative input and is intended to protect consumers while carving out existing federal protections. "This is the Georgia Consumer Data Privacy Protection Act," Albers said, adding the measure exempts areas already covered by federal law such as health‑care data and certain financial rules and that the bill would allow consumers to opt out of profiling and targeted sales of personal data.
Albers and witnesses said the bill excludes data already covered by HIPAA, the Gramm‑Leach‑Bliley Act and Sarbanes‑Oxley and that it was modeled to be workable for Georgia businesses. Mason Rainey of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) testified in support, as did Dave Williams of the Metro Atlanta Chamber.
Rainey told the committee TAG and its members supported the bill as a state‑level privacy framework similar to those now in force in more than 20 other states. Williams said the Metro Atlanta Chamber supported the measure as well.
Chairman Beach noted the bill’s broad industry engagement; committee members asked a few technical questions and then moved the bill by unanimous voice vote.
No roll‑call was recorded in the transcript; the committee chair declared the measure passed by unanimous consent and the committee adjourned to other business.
