With a deadline looming next week to move legislation out of policy committees, the fate of a half-dozen bills aimed at curtailing the reach of the California Consumer Privacy Act remains very much in doubt.
Key bills targeting the landmark data protection law have been assigned to the state Senate Judiciary Committee. But as of Tuesday morning, only two had been placed on the agenda for the committee’s July 9 hearing, the panel’s last scheduled meeting before the July 10 procedural deadline. The remaining measures are the subject of ongoing, closed-door negotiations among lawmakers, business groups, privacy advocates and industry lobbyists.
