VirginiaHB20432025 Regular SessionHouse

Consumer Data Protection Act; user-generated content protected, civil penalty.

Sponsored By: Bonita G. Anthony (Democratic)

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Summary

Consumer Data Protection Act; user-generated content protected; civil penalty. Requires controllers and processors to provide consumers with a privacy notice that applies to the consumers' user-generated content, defined in the bill, under the Consumer Data Protection Act and requires that any secondary use, defined in the bill, of personal data or user-generated content be consented to by the consumer. The bill requires a controller or processor, upon request by a consumer, to provide such consumer with a report that describes how the consumer's personal data or user-generated content was processed over the prior 12 months. The bill increases from $7,500 to $15,000 the maximum civil penalties for violations and allows civil penalties of up to $22,500 per violation for repeated noncompliance or egregious violations. The bill also allows a consumer who suffers a loss due to a violation to bring a private right of action against a controller or processor.

Communications, Technology and Innovation

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Bill Overview

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Bonita G. Anthony

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 10 • No: 0

House vote • 1/27/2025

Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

Yes: 10 • No: 0 • Other: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Left in Communications, Technology and Innovation

    2/4/2025House
  2. Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (10-Y 0-N)

    1/27/2025House
  3. Assigned CT & I sub: Communications

    1/23/2025House
  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2043)

    1/15/2025House
  5. Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation

    1/7/2025House
  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102628D

    1/7/2025House

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