Federal Privacy Proposal Advances Through House Committee

On July 20, the House Committee on Energy & Commerce held an open markup session on the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA), which concluded in an affirmative vote (53-2) for an amended version of the bill to make its way to the full House of Representatives. The next step for ADPPA would be to be passed by the House (though there is not yet a counterpart bill introduced in the Senate). Still, this is historic progress for a federal privacy proposal and indicates that there is bipartisan appetite in Congress to address this issue.

The latest version of ADPPA includes many substantive changes from the previous version of the bill. For one, the delay period on the bill's private right of action is shortened from four years to two years. Additionally, the new bill explicitly provides the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) with enforcement authority, addressing one of the agency's main concerns regarding the federal privacy proposal. The new