Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Biometric Data Privacy
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2022
Last action Mar 21, 2022
Floor votes · House of Delegates Mar 13, 2022
How they voted
99–30
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 139
Mar 13, 2022
D
Democratic97
96% Yea
R
Republican42
71% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 21, 2022
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred Finance
Mar 19, 2022
House of Delegates · Passed
Third Reading Passed
Mar 18, 2022
House of Delegates · Amendment offered
Floor Amendment {
Mar 17, 2022
House of Delegates · Passed
Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Grammer) Adopted
Mar 17, 2022
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Favorable with Amendments {
Mar 17, 2022
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
Mar 13, 2022
House of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (99-30-10)
Jan 13, 2022
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
First Reading Economic Matters
11 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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