District of Columbia data privacy bills

Every data privacy bill in the District of Columbia Legislature, what each would do, and where it stands. 43 states enacted data privacy laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions. District of Columbia has bills in progress and none enacted yet.

Bills in scope
3bills in scope
Past committee
0past committee
Most recent action
19 October 2026most recent action

Data Privacy in District of Columbia, by topic

Data Privacy bills in District of Columbia

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

1Active in committee

2Introduced or inactive

3 bills in scope

Active in committee

1

B 26-0667Surveillance Pricing Prohibition Amendment Act of 2026In committee

What it would do: Amends the District's Consumer Protection Procedures Act to define surveillance-based price discrimination and personally identifiable information, and prohibits using personal data collected through electronic surveillance to set different prices for the same good or service.

Introduced or inactive

2

B 26-0655Protecting Judicial Privacy Act of 2026In committee

What it would do: Prohibits government agencies and private entities from publicly displaying judicial officers' personal information (home address, phone numbers, email, social security number, children's identities) upon written request, with removal deadlines of 5 business days for agencies and 48 hours for private entities.

B 26-0670District of Columbia Government Data Privacy and Protection Act of 2026In committee

What it would do: Establishes comprehensive privacy protections for District government agencies handling personal data of covered individuals, creates a Chief Privacy Officer position within OCTO to oversee compliance, and grants individuals rights to access, correct, and delete their personal data.

Bill titles link to the District of Columbia Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as data privacy legislation

In scope is any bill creating or amending duties over personal information: consumer rights of access, deletion, correction and opt-out; sale and sharing definitions; sensitive and biometric identifiers; breach notification timing and content; data broker registration; and the exemptions and thresholds that decide who is covered at all.

Questions

Does District of Columbia have a data privacy law?

None of the 3 data privacy bills in the District of Columbia Legislature has been enacted in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

What does District of Columbia legislate on most in data privacy?

Comprehensive consumer privacy (2 bills), Biometrics and surveillance (1 bill) and Data brokers and people-search (1 bill).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Data Privacy bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

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