Alabama ยท Legislation
HB 436 (2025)
Biological and neural data protections
- Status
- Died
- Effective date
- Not stated
- Last reviewed
- September 2, 2026
- Source review
- Primary source reviewed
Summary
Alabama HB 436 did not become law. It would have regulated businesses that maintained, owned, or licensed biological or neural data, including data generated by analyzing genetic or other biological properties for identifying a person.
Topics: Genetic data storage/privacy/sharing (industry)
What it requires or prohibits
Covered businesses would have needed express consent before transferring or disclosing covered data, using it beyond a requested service, or using it for marketing. The Attorney General would have had exclusive enforcement authority, with an opportunity to cure and civil penalties of up to $3,000 per violation.
In plain language
The proposal would have let consumers limit how covered businesses reused or shared biological and neural data. Because the bill died in committee, it created no new consent rights or penalties.
Related records
- Succeeded by a narrower 2026 proposal: HB 263 (2026), Biological and neural data in health and fitness apps
Primary sources
- HB 436 introduced bill. Alabama Legislature. Accessed September 2, 2026.
Record details
Record metadata
Record history
- March 18, 2025: Bill introduced and referred to the House Insurance Committee. Source: Alabama Legislature.
- May 14, 2025: Bill died when the 2025 regular session adjourned without further action. Source: Alabama Legislature.
- August 31, 2026: Record created from the introduced bill and legislative history.
- September 2, 2026: Project-authored analysis revised and an unsupported limitations statement corrected after primary-source review.
Technical metadata
Record ID: al-hb-436-2025
Topics: genetic-data-storage-privacy-sharing-industry
Record data file: data/states/alabama/al-hb-436-2025.yaml
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Who Owns Your DNA? HB 436 (2025): Biological and neural data protections. U.S. Genetics & Genomics Law and Policy Tracker. Record version 1.1. Accessed [date]. https://whoownsyourdna.org/records/al-hb-436-2025/