Advocacy News – Aug. 26, 2025
What’s new: Today, the Michigan Senate approved a comprehensive data breach bill package along party lines, with a 19-15 vote.
- The bill, which veers significantly from legislation passed in other states, now heads to the House for consideration.
Why it matters: Under Michigan’s current data breach law, businesses must notify consumers if their unencrypted personal data is accessed by unauthorized actors. While that’s a reasonable expectation, SBs 360-64 would dramatically broaden the scope — expanding the types of data covered, tightening timelines for reporting and requiring blanket notification — even in cases where no harm has or is likely to occur.
Go deeper: Read the joint memo the Chamber and other business and trade associations submitted to the Senators in opposition of the bill.