Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB436 Compare Versions

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3	3	HB436
4	4	G3YU82C-1
5	5	By Representatives Robbins, Rigsby
6	6	RFD: Insurance
7	7	First Read: 18-Mar-25
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15	15	SYNOPSIS:
16	16	This bill would prohibit certain covered
17	17	entities that maintain biological data or neural data
18	18	from transferring or disclosing a consumer's biological
19	19	data or neural data to a third party without the
20	20	express consent of the consumer.
21	21	This bill would prohibit a covered entity from
22	22	using a consumer's biological data or neural data for a
23	23	purpose other than what is necessary to perform the
24	24	services or provide the goods requested by the
25	25	consumer.
26	26	This bill would prohibit a covered entity from
27	27	marketing to a consumer based on the consumer's
28	28	biological data or neural data.
29	29	This bill would require a covered entity to
30	30	notify a consumer before his or her biological data or
31	31	neural data is otherwise transferred, disclosed, or
32	32	used, and would provide the consumer the ability to
33	33	limit or prevent the transfer, disclosure, or use of
34	34	the data.
35	35	This bill would also allow the Consumer Interest
36	36	Division of the Office of the Attorney General to
37	37	enforce this act and levy a civil penalty of $3,000 per
38	38	violation.
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68	68	A BILL
69	69	TO BE ENTITLED
70	70	AN ACT
71	71	Relating to consumer protections; to prohibit a covered
72	72	entity from disclosing, transferring, or taking certain other
73	73	actions with regard to a consumer's biological data or neural
74	74	data without the consumer's express consent; to require the
75	75	Office of the Attorney General to enforce; and to provide a
76	76	civil penalty for violations.
77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
78	78	Section 1. For the purposes of this act, the following
79	79	terms have the following meanings:
80	80	(1) BIOLOGICAL DATA. Data generated by: (i) the
81	81	technological processing, measurement, or analysis of an
82	82	individual's biological, genetic, biochemical, physiological,
83	83	or neural properties, compositions, or activities; or (ii) an
84	84	individual's body or bodily functions, which is used or
85	85	intended to be used for identification purposes.
86	86	(2) CONSUMER. Any individual who is an Alabama
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88	88	(3) COVERED ENTITY. Any individual or entity that
89	89	maintains, owns, or licenses biological data or neural data in
90	90	the course of the individual's or entity's business, vocation,
91	91	or occupation.
92	92	(4) EXPRESS CONSENT. A consumer's acknowledgment or
93	93	permission, in writing or captured electronically, to a clear,
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123	123	permission, in writing or captured electronically, to a clear,
124	124	meaningful, and prominent written notice regarding the
125	125	disclosure or use of the consumer's biological data or neural
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127	127	(5) NEURAL DATA. Information that is generated by the
128	128	measurement of the activity of an individual's central or
129	129	peripheral nervous systems and that can be processed by or
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131	131	Section 2. (a) A covered entity may not do any of the
132	132	following without the express consent of the consumer, given
133	133	before each specific transfer, disclosure, or use takes place:
134	134	(1) Transfer a consumer's biological data or neural
135	135	data to a third party.
136	136	(2) Disclose the consumer's biological data or neural
137	137	data to a third party for a reason other than fulfillment of
138	138	the entity's products or services.
139	139	(3) Use the consumer's biological data or neural data
140	140	for a purpose other than what is necessary to perform the
141	141	services or provide the goods reasonably expected by an
142	142	average consumer who requests those goods of services.
143	143	(4) Market to a consumer based on the consumer's
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145	145	(b) A covered entity that transfers, discloses, or uses
146	146	a consumer's biological data or neural data for purposes other
147	147	than those provided in subsection (a), before the transfer,
148	148	disclosure, or use, shall notify the consumer that the
149	149	information may be transferred, disclosed, or used for a
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181	181	limit or prevent the transfer, disclosure, or use of the
182	182	biological data or neural data.
183	183	Section 3. (a) Any consumer may report a violation of
184	184	this act to the Consumer Interest Division of the Office of
185	185	the Attorney General.
186	186	(b) The Consumer Interest Division of the Office of the
187	187	Attorney General may enforce this act by a civil action in
188	188	circuit court to enjoin any practice or conduct in violation
189	189	of this act or to recover a civil penalty of up to three
190	190	thousand dollars ($3,000) for each violation.
191	191	(c) Any civil penalty and costs may be waived if the
192	192	covered entity has made full restitution or has paid actual
193	193	damages to any consumer who has been injured by a violation of
194	194	this act.
195	195	(d) In any settlement of a claim or civil action
196	196	resulting from a violation of this act, the Office of the
197	197	Attorney General shall receive reasonable attorney fees and
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199	199	Section 4. This act shall become effective on October
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