After Senate Approval, Internet Privacy Bill Dies In House Committee

An emergency bill to bar Internet Service Providers from selling user's personal data to a third party has died in a House committee.

House Economic Matters Committee Chairman Derek Davis told the Baltimore Sun tonight that lawmakers needed more time to study the issue, and he refused to let the bill out of the committee.

The bill passed the Senate earlier today in a party line vote.

The emergency legislation was proposed in response to federal legislation signed last week by President Trump repealing an Obama Administration regulation.

Lawmakers were considering dozens of other bills in the final hours of the legislative session.

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