Online Privacy Act of 2019
Latest action · Dec 18, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 5, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Online Privacy Act of 2019
This bill establishes certain online privacy rights for personal information (including contents of communications) and certain requirements for data processors, service providers, and third parties. The bill also establishes the U.S. Digital Privacy Agency.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 5, 2019 to Jan 24, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Nov 5, 2019 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Nov 18, 2019 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jan 24, 2020 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
- Nov 6, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
- Nov 5, 2019Introduced in House
- Nov 5, 2019Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Business ethics
- Business records
- Civil actions and liability
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Credit and credit markets
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Employment and training programs
- Evidence and witnesses
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal preemption
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Genetics
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care coverage and access
- Health information and medical records
- Intergovernmental relations
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Judicial review and appeals
- Lawyers and legal services
- Legal fees and court costs
- Marketing and advertising
- News media and reporting
- Public-private cooperation
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Small business
- State and local government operations
- User charges and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 5, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.