The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Trade has approved a data security and breach notification bill, which would require businesses to maintain reasonable security practices and notify consumers within 30 days of a breach, The Hill reports. Cosponsored by Reps. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Peter Welch (D-VT), the bill was approved via voice vote, but a number of amendments submitted by Democrats were rejected along party lines, the report states. A major sticking point with the bill is its preemption of state data breach standards. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy has criticized the bill, arguing it would “scale back our state’s essential safeguards against cybercrime.”
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