New State Senate Leader Eyes Privacy Policy: California Brief

December 30, 2025, 3:03 PM UTC
California Senate President Pro Tempore Monique Limón
Incoming Senate President Pro Tempore Monique Limón is pictured at June 12, 2025 press conference in Ventura, California. (Photo by Apu Gomez/AFP via Getty Images)

Privacy issues will be a key focus for the new California Senate leader next year, Senate President Pro Tempore Monique Limón (D) told Andrew Oxford and Titus Wu in an interview.

One of Limón’s first moves was launching a standing legislative committee to examine the handling of personal data from insurance to health care. The state Senate’s approach to data security follows a model adopted by counterparts in the California Assembly.

The step’s in character for her. Limón’s long focused on consumer protections and data privacy, including sponsoring the state law regulating cryptocurrency kiosks.

Her data protection priority could ...

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