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A bill for an act relating to consumer data protection, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

A bill for an act relating to consumer data protection, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

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This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
ALONS, WESTRICH, SALMON, GUTH and LOFGREN
Last action
2025-01-30
Official status
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to consumer data protection, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

A bill for an act relating to consumer data protection, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to consumer data protection, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-01-30 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  2. 2025-01-29 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 01/30/2025 11:30AM Room 217 Conference Room.

  3. 2025-01-28 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Alons, Bennett, and Campbell. S.J. 153 .

  4. 2025-01-28 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Technology. S.J. 147 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to consumer data protection, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

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Senate

File

143

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

143

BY

ALONS

,

WESTRICH

,

SALMON

,

GUTH

,

and

LOFGREN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

consumer

data

protection,

and

including

1

retroactive

applicability

provisions.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

715D.1,

subsection

5,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

5.

“Child”

means

any

natural

person

younger

than

thirteen

3

eighteen

years

of

age.

4

Sec.

2.

Section

715D.1,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

5

following

new

subsections:

6

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

9A.

“Decision

that

produces

legal

or

7

similarly

significant

effects

concerning

a

consumer”

means

a

8

decision

made

by

a

controller

that

affects

the

ability

of

a

9

person

to

access

any

of

the

following:

10

a.

Financial

and

lending

services.

11

b.

Housing.

12

c.

Insurance.

13

d.

Education.

14

e.

Criminal

justice

services.

15

f.

Employment

opportunities.

16

g.

Health

care

services.

17

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

12A.

“Health

data”

means

data

that

18

pertains

to

the

health

status

of

an

individual

that

discloses

19

information

related

to

the

past,

current,

or

future

physical

or

20

mental

health

status

of

the

individual.

21

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

21A.

“Profiling”

means

any

form

of

22

automated

processing

performed

on

personal

data

to

evaluate,

23

analyze,

or

predict

specific

factors

related

to

the

economic

24

status,

health,

personal

preferences,

interests,

reliability,

25

behavior,

location,

or

movements

of

an

identified

or

26

identifiable

individual.

27

Sec.

3.

Section

715D.1,

subsection

14,

Code

2025,

is

amended

28

to

read

as

follows:

29

14.

“Health

record”

means

any

written,

printed,

or

30

electronically

recorded

material

maintained

by

a

health

care

31

provider

in

the

course

of

providing

health

services

to

an

32

individual

concerning

the

individual

and

the

services

provided,

33

including

related

health

information

and

associated

nonhealth

34

information,

provided

in

confidence

to

a

health

care

provider.

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Sec.

4.

Section

715D.1,

subsection

26,

Code

2025,

is

amended

1

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

2

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

e.

Health

data.

3

Sec.

5.

Section

715D.2,

subsection

2,

Code

2025,

is

amended

4

to

read

as

follows:

5

2.

This

Except

as

it

relates

to

health

data,

this

chapter

6

shall

not

apply

to

the

state

or

any

political

subdivision

of

7

the

state;

financial

institutions,

affiliates

of

financial

8

institutions,

or

data

subject

to

Tit.

V

of

the

federal

9

Gramm-Leach-Bliley

Act

of

1999,

15

U.S.C.

§6801

et

seq.;

10

persons

who

are

subject

to

and

comply

with

regulations

11

promulgated

pursuant

to

Tit.

II,

subtit.

F,

of

the

federal

12

Health

Insurance

Portability

and

Accountability

Act

of

1996,

13

Pub.

L.

No.

104-191,

and

Tit.

XIII,

subtit.

D,

of

the

federal

14

Health

Information

Technology

for

Economic

and

Clinical

Health

15

Act

of

2009,

42

U.S.C.

§17921

–

17954;

nonprofit

organizations;

16

or

institutions

of

higher

education.

17

Sec.

6.

Section

715D.2,

subsection

3,

Code

2025,

is

amended

18

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

19

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

0b.

Information

or

data

maintained

by

a

20

public

health

authority,

as

defined

by

HIPAA,

provided

the

21

public

health

authority

has

received

the

consumer’s

consent

22

unless

otherwise

required

by

HIPAA.

23

Sec.

7.

Section

715D.2,

subsection

3,

paragraph

l,

Code

24

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

25

l.

Information

used

only

for

public

health

activities

and

26

purposes

Purposes

as

authorized

by

HIPAA

.

,

provided

that

the

27

information

is

all

of

the

following:

28

(1)

De-identified.

29

(2)

Aggregated.

30

(3)

Processed

in

batches

of

no

less

than

one

hundred

31

consumers.

32

Sec.

8.

Section

715D.3,

subsection

1,

paragraph

d,

Code

33

2025,

is

amended

by

striking

the

paragraph

and

inserting

in

34

lieu

thereof

the

following:

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d.

To

be

notified

of,

or

to

opt

out

of,

profiling

in

1

furtherance

of

a

decision

that

produces

legal

or

similarly

2

significant

effects

concerning

a

consumer.

Notification

to

3

the

consumer

pursuant

to

this

paragraph

shall

be

in

plain

4

language

and

include

the

type

of

data

subject

to

profiling,

5

any

requirements

for

a

person

receiving

the

consumer’s

data

to

6

delete

or

return

the

data,

and

the

process

for

a

consumer

to

7

file

a

complaint.

8

Sec.

9.

RETROACTIVE

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

9

retroactively

to

January

1,

2025.

10

EXPLANATION

11

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

12

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

13

This

bill

relates

to

consumer

data

protection.

14

Under

Code

section

715D.1,

“child”

is

defined

as

any

natural

15

person

younger

than

13

years

of

age.

Under

the

bill,

“child”

16

is

defined

as

any

natural

person

younger

than

18

years

of

age.

17

The

bill

expands

the

definition

of

“health

record”

to

18

include,

in

addition

to

any

record

containing

related

health

19

information,

any

record

containing

nonhealth

information

that

20

is

related

to

health

information

provided

in

confidence

to

a

21

health

care

provider.

22

The

bill

expands

the

definition

of

“sensitive

data”

to

23

include

health

data.

“Health

data”

is

defined

in

the

bill.

24

Under

the

bill,

except

as

it

relates

to

health

data,

the

25

Code

chapter

shall

not

apply

to

the

state

or

any

political

26

subdivision

of

the

state;

financial

institutions,

affiliates

27

of

financial

institutions,

or

data

subject

to

Tit.

V

of

the

28

federal

Gramm-Leach-Bliley

Act

of

1999,

15

U.S.C.

§6801

et

29

seq.;

persons

who

are

subject

to

and

comply

with

regulations

30

promulgated

pursuant

to

Tit.

II,

subtit.

F,

of

the

federal

31

Health

Insurance

Portability

and

Accountability

Act

of

1996,

32

Pub.

L.

No.

104-191,

and

Tit.

XIII,

subtit.

D,

of

the

federal

33

Health

Information

Technology

for

Economic

and

Clinical

Health

34

Act

of

2009,

42

U.S.C.

§17921

–

17954;

nonprofit

organizations;

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or

institutions

of

higher

education.

1

The

bill

exempts

information

or

data

maintained

by

a

2

public

health

authority,

as

defined

by

HIPAA,

from

the

Code

3

chapter

provided

the

public

health

authority

has

received

the

4

consumer’s

authorization,

unless

otherwise

required

by

HIPAA.

5

The

bill

exempts

information

used

only

for

public

health

6

activities

and

purposes

as

authorized

by

HIPAA,

provided

that

7

the

information

is

de-identified,

aggregated,

and

processed

in

8

batches

of

no

less

than

100

consumers

from

the

Code

chapter.

9

Under

the

bill,

a

consumer

shall

have

the

right

to

request

10

to

be

notified

of,

or

to

opt

out

of,

profiling

in

furtherance

11

of

a

decision

that

produces

legal

or

similarly

significant

12

effects

concerning

a

consumer.

The

bill

defines

“profiling”

13

as

any

form

of

automated

processing

performed

on

personal

data

14

to

evaluate,

analyze,

or

predict

specific

factors

related

to

15

the

economic

status,

health,

personal

preferences,

interests,

16

reliability,

behavior,

location,

or

movements

of

an

individual.

17

Notification

to

the

consumer

shall

be

in

plain

language

and

18

include

the

type

of

data

subject

to

profiling,

any

requirements

19

for

a

person

receiving

the

consumer’s

data

to

delete

or

return

20

the

data,

and

the

process

for

a

consumer

to

file

a

complaint.

21

“Decision

that

produces

legal

or

similarly

significant

effects

22

concerning

a

consumer”

is

defined

in

the

bill.

23

The

bill

applies

retroactively

to

January

1,

2025.

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