Committee advances DNA data-privacy bill with amendment allowing immediate effect and anti-discrimination protection
The Commerce and Technology Committee passed House Bill 1521 as amended, aligning it with Senate Bill 33. The amended bill strengthens consumer controls over direct-to-consumer genetic data, adds a genetic-discrimination prohibition and makes the law effective upon passage at the attorney general's request; final committee vote was 10-1.
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Senator Hundley presented House Bill 1521, a DNA data-privacy bill that would regulate direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies. The committee adopted an amendment to align the House bill with Senate Bill 33, add a prohibition on genetic discrimination, and make the act effective upon passage; the amended bill passed the committee 10-1.
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