ANALYSIS: Stealth Conn. Privacy Bill Nearly Slipped Past Radar

Connecticut’s Consumer Data Privacy Act, which closely resembles the law recently enacted in Virginia, nearly slipped passed my radar and into law. Until the last minute, it was buried within an 837-page omnibus bill prepped and ready for the Connecticut governor’s signature.

Originally raised in SB 893, the text of Connecticut’s proposed privacy law was hidden in sections 66–77 of SB 1202, a bill that was transmitted to Governor Ned Lamont on June 17.

Inconspicuously titled “An act concerning provisions related to revenue and other items to implement the state budget for the biennium ending June 30, ...