US Congress Senate Bill 2186 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on July 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires covered entities to provide consumers with the opportunity to prohibit the collection, sale, or transfer of specified personally identifiable information about the consumer and requires the covered entity to, upon request by the consumer, delete any such personally identifiable information that has been collected or stored by the covered entity.applies to (1) business corporations, (2) nonprofits, and (3) common carriers that (1) have annual revenue greater than $25 million, (2) have access to personally identifiably information of 50,000 or more individuals, or (3) derive at least 50% of their revenue from selling such information.These requirements may be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission or by a state attorney general bringing a lawsuit on behalf of the state's residents.

Protecting Personal Information Act of 2019

Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-18	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2186/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2186/BILLS-116s2186is.pdf