The strongest data privacy bill passed this year focused on health. It's already a model for other states.

In state after state this year, legislators enacted notably weak comprehensive data privacy bills — in fact, at least three of them were nearly identical to a Virginia privacy law drafted by an Amazon lobbyist. There was, however, a glaring exception: In Washington state, in April, legislators passed a tough “first in the nation” health

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