by Brandon Robinson, Maynard Nexsen - JD Supra

On April 22, 2026, House Republicans introduced H.R. 8413, the Securing and Establishing Consumer Uniform Rights and Enforcement over Data Act — the "SECURE Data Act" — (the “Act”) marking the most significant attempt at comprehensive federal privacy legislation in years. The bill was introduced by Rep. John Joyce (R-PA), Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce (“Committee”), after over 14 months of stakeholder engagement by the Data Privacy Working Group, established in February 2025 by Rep. Joyce as well as Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the Committee. If enacted, the SECURE Data Act would establish a single, uniform national standard to replace the current patchwork of more than twenty state comprehensive consumer privacy laws.