On May 19, 2025, the California Senate Appropriations Committee,
which handles budgetary and financial matters, held a hearing on
California Senate Bill 690 (SB 690). The proposed bill would amend
the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) by adding an
exception to the statute which has the effect of permitting use of
tracking technologies for "commercial business
purposes."
The Appropriations Committee referred SB 690 to the Suspense
File. Generally, if the cost of a bill meets certain fiscal
thresholds, the Appropriations Committee will refer the bill to the
Suspense File. Having met that threshold, SB 690 will now proceed
to a vote-only Suspense Hearing to be held on May 23, 2025. No
testimony will be heard during the May 23, 2025 hearing. SB 690
will then either move on to the Senate Floor, or be held in
committee. While referral to the Suspense File is not necessarily a
death knell to SB 690, statistics show that a number of bills die
quietly in the Suspense
