Genome Statute and Legislation Database
The Genome Statute and Legislation Database is comprised of state statutes and bills introduced during the 2002-2024 U.S. state legislative sessions.
State Sort descending | Primary Link | Topic(s) | Bill Status | Summary |
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Washington | 2020 State Bills Washington 2020 HB 2485 | Privacy | Died | Enacts measures to safeguard the privacy, confidentiality, security, and integrity of a consumer's genetic data resulting from direct-to-consumer genetic testing. Died. |
Washington | 2015 State Bills Washington 2015 SB 5316 | Privacy | Died | Establishes protections for student biometric information, including a DNA sequence. Died. |
Washington | 2020 State Bills Washington 2020 HB 2742 | Privacy | Died | Requires controller who determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data to obtain consent prior to processing sensitive data, including genetic data. Controllers must conduct an assessment of activities pertaining to the processing of sensitive data. Died. |
Washington | 2018 State Bills Washington 2018 HB 2565 | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Substitute bill version: Requires the drug utilization review board to consider the safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of drugs and gene therapies in its recommendations to the director of the authority regarding coverage for medical assistance programs. Died. |
Washington | 2020 State Bills Washington 2020 HB 2928 | Privacy | Died | Establishes the parent's bill of rights. Requirements set forth in the bill include parental written consent before any record of a minor child's blood or DNA is made, shared or stored unless required by law or court order. Died. |
Washington | 2018 State Bills Washington 2018 SB 5957 | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Establishes the Healthy Washington program to provide comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage for all residents of the state. The board of Healthy Washington must create requirements and standards for the program and for health care organizations, care coordinators, and health care providers pertaining to nondiscrimination with respect to members and health care providers on the basis of genetic information. Died. |
Washington | 2020 State Bills Washington 2020 SB 6281 | Privacy | Died | Requires controller who determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data to obtain consent prior to processing sensitive data, including genetic data. Controllers must conduct an assessment of activities pertaining to the processing of sensitive data. Died. |
Washington | 2019 State Bills Washington 2019 HB 1854 | Privacy | Died | Protects consumer data. Original version of bill included genetic data in the definition of sensitive information, but it was removed from the substitute bill version. 1/13/2020 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Died. |
Washington | 2020 State Bills Washington 2020 SB 6664 | Privacy | Died | Establishes the parent's bill of rights. Requirements set forth in the bill include parental written consent before any record of a minor child's blood or DNA is made, shared or stored unless required by law or court order. Died. |
Washington | 2019 State Bills Washington 2019 HB 1990 | Other Topics | Died | Restricts genome editing of human embryos. Died. |
Washington | 2017 State Bills Washington 2017 HB 2213 | Privacy | Enacted | Modifies the state privacy law pertaining to biometric information by adding DNA to the definition of biometric identifiers. Provides an exception for law enforcement agencies. 6/27/2017 Signed by the Governor. Effective 7/23/2017. |
Washington | State StatuteWashington: RCW 40.26.010 et seq. | Privacy | Statute | Modifies the state privacy law pertaining to biometric information by adding DNA to the definition of biometric identifiers. Provides an exception for law enforcement agencies. |
Washington | 2019 State Bills Washington 2019 HB 2018 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | Concerns harassment and discrimination by legislators and legislative branch employees, including discrimination based on genetic status. Substitute bill, which did not include genetic discirmination provision, was enacted. |
Washington | 2019 State Bills Washington 2019 HB 1870 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Enacted | Making state law consistent with selected federal consumer protections in the patient protection and affordable care act. Prohibits a health carrier or health plan from establishing rules for eligibility based on health-status related factors such as genetic information. April 17, 2019 Signed by the Governor. Effective immediately. |
Washington | State StatuteWashington: RCW 48.43.012 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Statute | Makes state law consistent with selected federal consumer protections in the patient protection and affordable care act. Prohibits a health carrier or health plan from establishing rules for eligibility based on health-status related factors such as genetic information. |
Washington | 2021 State Bills Washington 2021 HB 1346 | Health Insurance Coverage | Pending | Requires an osteopathic physician and, physician, physician's assistant and advanced registered nurse practitioner to refer a person who is 18 years of age or younger to a children's specialty health care facility that can provide specialized diagnostic services, including genetic testing, unless the person is currently receiving care in such a facility, if the person has experienced any neurological or physical symptoms, including but not limited to seizures or missing developmental milestones. Requires a health carrier must provide coverage for genetic testing including up to a full genome panel as determined by the ordering practitioner to identify potential causes of seizures, neurological symptoms, or other physical symptoms as determined by the health care provider in persons who are 18 years of age or younger. Carries over to 2022. |
Washington | 2019 State Bills Washington 2019 HB 2046 | Privacy | Died | Seeks to increase consumer data transparency. The bill address consumer biometric information, which is defined to include DNA. Died. |
Washington | State StatuteWashington: RCW 49.44.180 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Statute | A person, firm, corporation, or the state of Washington, its political subdivisions, or municipal corporations may not require any employee or prospective employee to submit genetic information or submit to screening for genetic information as a condition of employment or continued employment. |
West Virginia | 2013 State Bills West Virginia 2013 SB 45 | Privacy | Died | The Division of Motor Vehicles or other state agency or department charged with motor vehicle registration or operation, the issuance or renewal of driver licenses or the issuance or renewal of any identification cards, must modify applications to include an exemption for a biometric and social security number religious exemption. Biometric data is defined to include DNA and RNA. Died. |
West Virginia | 2014 State Bills West Virginia 2014 SB 420 | Privacy | Died | Creates a Longitudinal Data System, which links child care, student and workforce unit record data, and governing board of the system. The governing board must prohibit the collection of confidential information, which includes genetic information. Died. |
West Virginia | State StatuteWest Virginia: WVC 18-2-5h | Privacy | Statute | The Department of Education must prohibit the collection of confidential student information, including genetic information. The Department may not transfer student or redacted data that is confidential except under specified circumstances. |
West Virginia | West Virginia HB 3025 | Genetic Data & Law Enforcement | Introduced | Relating to DNA data maintained for law enforcement purposes. |
West Virginia | State StatuteWest Virginia: WVC 33-15-2a, 33-16-1a, and 33-16-3k | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Statute | A health benefit plan issued in connection with a group health plan may not impose a pre-existing condition exclusion based on genetic information in the absence of a diagnosis. A health status-related factor is defined to include genetic information as defined in section of the statutes pertaining to individual group accident and sickness insurance. |
West Virginia | 2014 State Bills West Virginia 2014 HB 3121 | Privacy | Died | Provides that all parental rights are reserved to a parent of a minor child without obstruction or interference from this state, a political subdivision of this state, other governmental entity or other institution including, but not limited to, the right to consent before DNA is created, stored or shared. Died. |
West Virginia | 2015 State Bills West Virginia 2015 HB 2258 | Privacy | Died | Establishes a parental bill of rights. Requirements include parental consent in writing before any record of a minor child's blood or DNA is made, shared, or stored, unless such blood or DNA is otherwise required by law or court order. Died. |
Last updated: February 8, 2024