Multiple privacy bills were introduced in California on or just
before February 18, 2022, the last day for bills to be
introduced in the legislature's current session.
CCPA/CPRA Revisions
The most noteworthy of the bills is a pair – both
introduced by the same Assembly member – that would extend
the California Privacy Rights Act's (“CPRA”)
exemptions relating to employee personal information and personal
information obtained in a business-to-business context. Those
exemptions are currently scheduled to sunset on January 1,
2023. AB 2871 would extend the
exemptions permanently while AB 2891 proposes to extend those
exemptions through January 1, 2026. Three other bills
– SB 1388, SB 1454, and SB 1395 – would make
minor, non-substantive changes to the CPRA.
