HB2141--ANTI-SURVEILLANCEANDFOREIGNINTERVENTIONACT
SPONSOR: Baker
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPass"bytheSpecialCommitteeon
InnovationandTechnologybyavoteof5to2.
Thisbillestablishes"TheAnti-SurveillanceandForeign
InterventionAct".Thebillprohibitsanyelectedorappointed
memberoremployeeofanystateentityfromusingordownloading
anysocialmediaapplicationthatisownedbytheChinese
GovernmentoracompanythatsharesuserdatawiththeChinese
governmentonanystate-ownedelectronicdevice.
ThisbillisthesameasHB919(2023).
PROPONENTS: SupporterssaythatthisbillprotectstheState's
datafromtheChinesegovernment. Severalotherstateshave
alreadypassedsimilarlegislationprotectingagainstforeign
surveillance.
TestifyinginpersonforthebillwereRepresentative Baker;and
MichaelGeary,StateArmorAction.
OPPONENTS: Therewasnooppositionvoicedtothecommittee.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonyandwitnessestestifyingonlinecanbefound
underTestimonyonthebillpageontheHousewebsite.