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
92–28
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 130
Mar 13, 2022
D
Democratic90
96% Yea
R
Republican40
70% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 21, 2022
Committee
Referred Finance
upper
Mar 19, 2022
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Mar 18, 2022
Introduced
Floor Amendment {
lower
Mar 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Grammer) Adopted
lower
Mar 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
Favorable with Amendments {
lower
Mar 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
lower
Mar 13, 2022
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (92-28-10)
house of delegates
Jan 13, 2022
Committee
First Reading Economic Matters
lower
9 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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