Committee advances data‑portability bill after tech‑policy debate
The committee voted 3–1 to send HB 408 (data‑sharing amendments) to the Senate, after proponents described it as clarifying and tightening last year’s law to give users more control over social media data and opponents warned it could impose interoperability mandates and security risks.
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Representative Fea, the bill sponsor, told the committee HB 408 updates the social media data portability law passed last year to make it more workable for industry while strengthening user control. "Your social media data belongs to you," Fea said, listing three main changes: letting users choose which portions of their data to move, adding timeline clarity for transfers and a narrow safe harbor for temporary technical disruptions.
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