l9n/ Connecticut

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 4

AN ACT CONCERNING DATA PRIVACY, NET NEUTRALITY, CYBER SECURITY AND FAIRNESS IN DATA USAGE IN THE NEW AGE OF A DIGITAL WORKFORCE.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy and Technology Committee on March 5, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To: (1) Require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to apply net neutrality principles to broadband Internet access service providers and enforce such principles with civil penalties; (2) direct the authority to conduct studies on cybersecurity and data privacy laws in the state; and (3) extend the crime of stalking in the second degree to certain electronic disclosures of personal identifiable information without consent; and (4) establish a civil action for victims of such crime and require school boards to post existing suicide prevention policies and procedures on their Internet web sites.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

17 co-sponsors

Martin M. Looney, Bob Duff, Douglas McCrory, Saud Anwar, Steve Cassano, Derek Slap, Matthew L. Lesser, Gary A. Winfield, Christine Cohen, Mary Daugherty Abrams, Jorge Cabrera, Marilyn V. Moore, Julie Kushner, Will Haskell, Mae Flexer, Alex Kasser, Dennis A. Bradley

In the House of Representatives

    5 co-sponsors

    Christine Conley, Gary A. Turco Jr., Matt Blumenthal, Josh Elliott, Frank Smith

    Its course

    January 8 to March 5, 2021, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action5 actions on 5 days

    In the SenateJan 8 to Mar 5 · stopped56 days

    Energy and Technology CommitteeJan 8 to Mar 5 · stopped56 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Jan 8 – Mar 5

    1. Jan 8Introduced and sent to Energy and Technology Committee
    2. Mar 3Drafted as a bill by Energy and Technology Committee
    3. Mar 4Sent to Energy and Technology Committee
    4. Mar 5Heard in Energy and Technology Committee
    All 5 actions, as published
    1. Jan 8REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 9Vote to DraftBoth houses
    3. Mar 3DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    4. Mar 4REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    5. Mar 5PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses