Committee advances bill limiting government purchase and retention of personal data, sets phased compliance dates

Senate File 65, a bill to restrict how government entities collect, purchase, transfer and retain personal data, passed the House Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee with a recommendation of due pass after extended discussion about enforcement and exceptions. Sponsor Senator Rothfuss presented the bill as the product of two years of work out of the Blockchain Select Committee.

The measure would bar government entities from purchasing, selling, trading or transferring personal data without the express written consent of the natural person, while creating explicit exception pathways for transfers between compliant government entities, contracted nongovernmental entities that agree to protections, and by petition for a written public exception from an elected governing official for up to two years. The bill would also require entities that collect personal data to adopt written collection and retention policies and generally limit retention to three years unless an express written justification is recorded.

The bill’s sponsor said the measure attempts to…