H-3439.1
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2483
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By House Consumer Protection & Business (originally sponsored by Representatives Kloba, Donaghy, Fosse, Ryu, Zahn, Parshley, Farivar, Ramel, Gregerson, Bronoske, Cortes, Obras, Pollet, Macri, Nance, Thomas, and Callan)
READ FIRST TIME 02/04/26.
AN ACT Relating to creating a data broker registry; amending RCW 18.235.020 ; adding a new chapter to Title 19 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature recognizes that consumers are increasingly conducting their professional and personal affairs online and on devices such as laptop computers, smartphones, or tablets. These activities include accessing the marketplace, the workplace, health care, information, and entertainment. Through these daily activities, consumers generate enormous and unprecedented amounts of data about themselves, including their locations, behaviors, and preferences.
(2) The legislature further recognizes that technological advances have made it possible to more easily and quickly collect vast amounts of personal information and connect it to an individual, whether such information is obtained through electronic or other means.