Legislative counsel walks Senate Institutions through House'amendment to S71, highlighting definition, threshold and exemption changes

May 27, 2026

Committee received a line-by-line walkthrough of the House Commerce amendment (draft 5.2) to S71, showing key differences from the Senate'passed bill: lowered applicability thresholds, expanded sensitive-data definitions, altered exemptions, new profiling impact-assessments, and a 60-day cure period; the act would take effect Jan. 1, 2028.

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Rick Sele, legislative counsel with the Office of Legislative Counsel, told the Senate Institutions committee on May 27 that House Commerce released an amendment to S71 about an hour before the meeting and that he would compare draft 5.2 with the version the Senate passed last year.

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