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Senate sets aside second substitute to HB 5,001 on data privacy; senators cite need for more review
Summary
Senators circled (reserved) the second substitute to House Bill 5,001, a COVID‑19 data privacy bill whose floor version added a broad prohibition on app‑collected location data and raised penalties; proponents and opponents on the floor said the new subsection had not been fully vetted and required stakeholder and committee review.
The Utah Senate voted to circle (reserve/postpone) the second substitute to House Bill 5,001, a measure with amendments intended to limit collection, storage and use of COVID‑19 related data. Senator Gilda, speaking for the bill, said earlier committee debate produced a first substitute that raised penalties from a misdemeanor to a felony and restricted certain location collection and…
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