2025 bills / H.B. 548
H.B. 548 Genetic Information Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee (stopped here)
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill would bar the use of certain genetic sequencers and genetic sequencing software, and set rules for how genetic sequencing data must be stored. Covered entities would have to certify they follow these rules, and the attorney general could investigate violations and sue for them, while employees who report suspected violations to the attorney general would be protected.
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Official description
- defines terms
- prohibits the use of certain genetic sequencers and genetic sequencing software
- prescribes requirements and restrictions related to the storage of genetic sequencing data
- requires relevant entities to certify compliance with genetic sequencing requirements
- authorizes the attorney general to investigate alleged violations of genetic sequencing requirements, and initiate civil actions for those violations
- provides protections for an employee who reports a suspected violation of genetic sequencing requirements to the attorney general
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Every vote
- 13 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Health and Human Services Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/28/2025 5:25 PMWho voted how
- 7 yes, 6 no, 1 absentHouse Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · 2/28/2025 5:26 PMWho voted how
- 71 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFinal House vote · 3/3/2025 4:00 PMWho voted how