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Judiciary committee advances a package: storage-unit notice changes, AI liability, data protections and other bills
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee gave favorable reports to a group of bills, including SB 260 (storage-unit notice modernization with electronic delivery), HB 347 (liability limits for AI that produces sexualized imagery), HB 132 (adding children to protected-offense classifications), HB 263 (HIPAA-like protections for apps that collect biological data), and HP 302 (bail-bonds oversight amendments); SB 336 was previewed for future hearings.
The Senate Judiciary Committee acted on a series of bills during its session, adopting amendments and reporting several measures favorably.
SB 260: Senator Melson presented changes to storage-unit law to allow electronic notice in lieu of newspaper publication in some cases and to address situations when a lease is used but not formally executed; Senator Figures offered and the committee adopted an amendment clarifying that a rental agreement becomes effective after first-class mail or electronic delivery for 30 days and added an exception for property valued at $500 or less. Committee members asked sponsors to consider verification methods for electronic delivery before the bill moves forward.
HB 347: Representative Harrison described a bill to narrow immunity for developers or platforms that design or configure tools whose purpose is to generate illegal sexualized imagery, preserving protection for neutral general-purpose tools and creating a private right of action. The bill was given a favorable report.
HB 132: Representative Estes briefly introduced an amendment to add children to certain protected-offense classifications and clarified the amendment ensures individuals must be 19 or older and have no other reason to be on campus for the protection to apply; the committee gave the bill a favorable report.
HB 263: Representative Robbins described a bill that would require commercial apps that collect and store biological and neural (medical-grade) data to follow HIPAA-like rules; the committee gave the bill a favorable report.
HP 302: The committee adopted an amendment tightening bondsperson qualifications, adding unpaid fees as a disqualifier, creating a 30-day grace period, and involving presiding circuit judges in oversight; the measure was then reported favorably.
SB 336 was briefly previewed by the chair as the "Paris Hilton Child Safety and Accountability Act" with a request that members review the bill ahead of future hearings; no committee vote was taken on that item during this session.
Multiple bills were approved with favorable reports after members urged further work on verification, consumer protection, and implementation details before the measures reach the Senate floor.
