HB 24-1058 Summary

• Expands Colorado's privacy protections to include "biological data" and "neural data" as categories of sensitive data under the Colorado Privacy Act.

• Defines "biological data" as information generated from technological processing or analysis of an individual's biological, genetic, biochemical, physiological, or neural properties, used for identification purposes.

• Defines "neural data" as information generated by measurement of activity in an individual's central or peripheral nervous system that can be processed by a device.

• Establishes that biological data and neural data receive heightened privacy protections equivalent to genetic and biometric data under existing law.

• Takes effect 90 days after final adjournment of the general assembly, subject to potential voter approval if a referendum petition is filed by November 2024.