2021 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 188
BY SENATOR REESE
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Cybersecurity to
study the impacts of the buying, selling, and usage of consumer data transactions and
submit a written report of its findings to the Senate Committee on Commerce,
Consumer Protection and International Affairs not later than sixty days prior to the
beginning of the 2022 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
WHEREAS, online consumer activity has experienced exponential growth in activity
over the last several years, with an increase of seventy percent prior to COVID-19
pre-pandemic activity; and
WHEREAS, more than eighty percent of Americans are online every day, with
twenty-eight percent of Americans claiming they are constantly online, and forty-five
percent stating they are online several times a day; and
WHEREAS, companies use consumer data to track their activity patterns, including
click-based history, purchase orders, advertisement, interactions, and these companies then
sell the consumer user's data to third party companies; and
WHEREAS, nearly fifty percent of consumers feel they have little to no control of
their personal data, and the vast majority of consumers believe they should be able to opt out
of the sale of their data.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby urge and request the Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and
Cybersecurity to study the impacts of the buying, selling, and usage of consumer data
transactions and submit a written report of its findings to the Senate Committee on
Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs not later than sixty days prior to
the beginning of the 2022 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Joint Legislative Committee on Technology
and Cybersecurity shall examine the issues of data privacy legislation that has been passed
by other states across the country, including Virginia's Consumer Data Protection Act.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study shall include proposed legislation and
a review of the enforcement costs and the resources necessary to effectively regulate and
enforce such proposals.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
requests the Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Cybersecurity to solicit input,
information, data, recommendations, and advice from the Department of Economic
Development, the Office of Technology Services, Division of Administration, the
Department of Justice, and any other interested person, agency, entity, or stakeholder.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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