What Businesses Need to Know About the New Federal Privacy Bill

On April 22, 2026, House Republicans introduced H.R. 8413, the Securing and Establishing Consumer Uniform Rights and Enforcement over Data Act — the "SECURE Data Act" — (the “Act”) marking the most significant attempt at comprehensive federal privacy legislation in years. The bill was introduced by Rep. John Joyce (R-PA), Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce (“Committee”), after over 14 months of stakeholder engagement by the Data Privacy Working Group, established in... By: Maynard Nexsen