On April 17, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed into law a bill that will extend privacy rights to individuals’ neural data. Although certain states have enacted privacy laws that include protection of sensitive and biometric data, Colorado’s law is the first that explicitly addresses neural data.

On January 16, Gov. Phil Murphy (D) of New Jersey signed Senate Bill No. 332 into law. The New Jersey privacy law generally follows the same framework found in many of the comprehensive privacy laws enacted by other states and contains many of the same standard features. However, there are a few notable differences, highlighted below, that will require covered businesses to adjust their privacy programs.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has signed AB 947 and AB 1194 into law.