Texas Becomes Tenth State To Enact Comprehensive Consumer Data Privacy Law

On June 18, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed H.B. 4, otherwise known as the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA). Following substantive legislative action in Tennessee, Montana, and Indiana, Texas now becomes the tenth state to enact a comprehensive state privacy law. These regulations will become effective on July 1, 2024, a mere one year after enactment.

Despite possessing principles similar to its predecessors in California, Virginia, Colorado, and Connecticut, the TDPSA offers a range of unique elements that impact a broad scope of businesses which would likely be otherwise exempt from the stringent requirements set forth in states such as Virginia and California.