Key point: Starting August 21, Colorado lawmakers will consider four bills that significantly amend the Colorado AI Act.
On August 21, Colorado lawmakers will reconvene for a special legislative session. Earlier this month, Governor Jared Polis called the special session to deal with a nearly $1 billion hole in Colorado’s state budget created by the federal government’s One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R. 1) and to consider amendments to Colorado’s first-in-the-nation Colorado AI Act.
Key point: The Colorado attorney general’s (AG’s) office is considering amendments to its Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) rules to provide further guidance to controllers subject to the law’s children’s privacy protections.
In late July, the Colorado AG’s office circulated draft amendments to the CPA rules. The draft amendments modify and supplement the existing CPA rules in reaction to the Colorado legislature passing two bills amending the CPA over the prior two sessions. Below, we provide an overview of the draft amendments and relevant context for the rulemaking.
Key point: The California legislature is currently considering several privacy-related bills that could impact the private sector.
The California legislature is currently in its summer recess, returning on August 18. Once it returns, it will have approximately five weeks to pass bills prior to closing for the year on September 12.
We are currently tracking 23 private sector AI-related bills and eight privacy-related bills that crossed chambers at the legislature’s deadline. If passed and signed into law, these bills could significantly impact companies doing business in California.
In this two-part series, we provide a brief summary of the bills and their current status. This article focuses on the privacy bills. Our prior article focused on the AI bills. Once the legislature reconvenes, we will provide regular updates on the status of the bills. If you are not already subscribed to this blog, we encourage you to do so to stay up to date.
Key point: Colorado lawmakers will have another opportunity to amend the Colorado AI Act.
On August 6, Colorado Governor Jared Polis announced that he is calling back the Colorado legislature for a special session starting Thursday, August 21, at 10:00 a.m. The special session is primarily directed at dealing with
Key point: The California legislature is considering more than 20 AI-related private sector bills.
The California legislature is currently in its summer recess, returning on August 18. Once it returns, it will have approximately five weeks to pass bills prior to closing for the year on September 12.
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In Part Two of this FAQ series, we continue to break down Virginia’s Senate Bill 754, Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc., reproductive or sexual health information (Act), which amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (VCPA). The law went into effect on July 1, 2025.
In what appears to be an emerging privacy litigation trend, plaintiffs’ attorneys have recently filed a series of putative class action lawsuits targeting data companies in possession of cellular telephone numbers. The lawsuits attempt to leverage an untested provision in Colorado’s Prevention of Telemarketing Fraud Act (PFTA) which prohibits knowingly listing “a cellular telephone number in a directory for a commercial purpose unless the person whose number has been listed has given affirmative consent[.]” Colo. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 6-1-304(4). Although the law was originally enacted in 2005, there is almost no case law interpreting its provisions. However, the PFTA provides for statutory damages of $300-500 per violation, attorneys’ fees, and costs, making it attractive to plaintiffs’ lawyers. Several other states have similar laws. See, e.g., Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 16-247s, N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 399-cc.1, Minn. Stat. Ann. § 325E.318, 73 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 2403, S.D. Codified Laws § 49-31-118, and TX UTIL § 64.202.
In Part One of this FAQ series, we break down Virginia’s Senate Bill 754, Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc., reproductive or sexual health information (Act), which amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (VCPA). The law goes into effect on July 1. Overall, given the broad definitions used in the Act, the law likely regulates organizations that are not traditional health care companies, and goes beyond traditional health information.
Troutman Pepper Locke attorneys assess California’s collaboration with other foreign governments on promoting privacy rights and what this means for the future of data protection worldwide.
The California Privacy Protection Agency recently announced that it signed a declaration of cooperation on privacy protections or collaboration with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, its latest collaboration with a foreign government.