Washington is increasingly looking like it will become the second state in the U.S. to pass a comprehensive privacy statute, following California’s Consumer Privacy Act. Drafting the statute was a two-plus-year process, during which the CCPA was passed and the EU General Data Protection Regulation went into effect. Washington’s proposed privacy statute shares many foundational principles with these two privacy regimes, but it has notable distinctions. Importantly, it represents a new model for other states to consider as they draft their own comprehensive privacy laws. The statute is not finalized, but the state Senate passed a bill with bipartisan support, and a companion bill was introduced in the House. In this post for Privacy Tracker, IAPP Westin Fellow Mitchell Noordyke, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, summarizes the Senate version of the bill in an easy-to-digest format. 
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