It was a busy week for HB 9 in Tallahassee. There was a strike-all amendment, several proposed unfriendly amendments, a House Judiciary Committee meeting, a second strike-all, more unfriendly amendments, and a date for a House floor vote. This post will summarize what happened and provide a roadmap for the final two weeks of the Florida legislative session.
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In my last post, I wrote about my impression that legislators and staff do not intend for HB 9 to apply to companies that merely “receive” personal information (i.e., those that do not engage in buying or selling personal information). Based on that understanding, I suggested the second threshold of the bill’s scope be

Last week, HB 9 (the leading privacy bill on the House side of the Florida legislature) made its first of two committee stops in the House Commerce Committee. The bill passed unanimously. Just as important, however, the hearing revealed a potential misunderstanding as to the scope of the bill.

This blog post will dive into HB 9’s scope in greater depth, as that may be the most significant issue for companies wondering whether the bill would apply to them. The post will offer suggestions to bridge the disconnect and it will make suggestions to address other concerns many companies have with HB 9. The post ends with an analysis of what to expect next with HB 9 and its Senate counterpart.Continue Reading The Future Comes Into Focus For HB 9