State Comprehensive Privacy Law Update – January 28, 2025

State legislatures kept busy last year, passing seven new comprehensive privacy laws, and wrapping up 2024 with a total of nineteen state comprehensive laws imposed across the country. We did not see a similar early finish line crossing as we did last year with New Jersey's bill enactment in January (although we note the significant and quick passage of New York Health Information Privacy Act elsewhere in the state privacy law landscape). However, several state representatives have been signaling early enthusiasm for comprehensive privacy laws with pre-filed legislation in Oklahoma, New York, and South Carolina, and five bills added to the legislative docket in Massachusetts by the second week. Although there are some new statutory texts to scrutinize, we are also seeing several reintroduced versions of bills from prior legislative sessions from states like Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania. We summarize key trends and provisions of these bills below.