Online Privacy Act of 2026
Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 2, requires loosens a compliance mandate, exemption, definition change provision: 3, and expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 5. It relies on compliance mandates, appropriations, exemptions, and product standards. The main policy areas are Finance, Immigration, Criminal Justice, and Healthcare.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 2.
- Requires loosens a compliance mandate, exemption, definition change provision: 3.
- Expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 5.
- Expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 881.
- Adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 101. Right of access A covered entity shall make available a reasonable mechanism by which an individual may access— the categories of personal information and contents...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 2, requires loosens a compliance mandate, exemption, definition change provision: 3, and expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 5.
Key Policy Areas
Finance, Immigration, Criminal Justice, Healthcare
Primary Purpose
The bill adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 2, requires loosens a compliance mandate, exemption, definition change provision: 3, and expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 5.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …
Introduced in House
Ms. Lofgren introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a covered entity that— does not earn revenue from the sale of personal information
any information maintained by a person that, on its own or combined with other information, is linked or reasonably linkable to a specific individual. The term personal information does not include— publicly available information linked to an individual
any information maintained by a person that, on its own or combined with other information, is linked or reasonably linkable to a specific individual. The term personal information does not include— publicly available information linked to an individual
a category of products and services established by the Director under subsection (a)(1)(A)— for which the sum obtained by adding the number of users or estimated users of each product or service in such category is greater than 10,000,000
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