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Texas Legislature Sends Data Privacy Act to Governor.


On May 10, 2023, the Texas Senate approved the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (HB 4) by a vote of 30-0. The bill was amended by the Senate and will not be sent to the Texas House of Representatives for review, after it passed the earlier version of the bill in April by a vote of 146-0. 


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Washington State's New Data Privacy Law.


On April 27, 2023, the Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law the My Health My Data Act (MHMDA), a privacy framework for handling consumer health data in Washington state, which will take effect on March 31, 2024. A document released by the Office of the Washington Attorney General, notes that MHMDA’s purpose is to “close the gap on health data privacy protections and provide Washingtonians concerned about their reproductive freedom more control of their data.” 


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