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Committee debates aligning S.71 with Connecticut 2025 privacy law
Summary
Committee members discussed aligning S.71 with Connecticut's 2025 privacy updates while removing certain sensitive-data definitions and adjusting HIPAA exemptions; staff proposed limiting private suits to very large companies and ensuring an implementation window and technical assistance for small businesses.
The Committee of Commerce & Economic Development met May 7, 2026, to review S.71, a proposed consumer privacy bill. David Barhouse, chair, said the committee would seek drafting help from staff and that the group was considering using Connecticut's 2025 privacy law as the baseline for the state draft.
A staff member leading the discussion said the committee's working approach is to "make a copy of Connecticut 2025" but to remove or reset several definitions that businesses testified would be problematic. The staff member listed items proposed for removal, including keystrokes and "online activity of a consumer over time and across devices," and said the draft would adopt Connecticut's targeted-advertising definition while excluding first-party, contextual and unique persistent-identifier language.
The staff member also proposed narrowing an exemption related to HIPAA.…
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