Law note · Massachusetts
Massachusetts Data Privacy Act (MDPA)
The Massachusetts Data Privacy Act (MDPA) would establish the state's first comprehensive consumer personal-data regime; it is not enacted and imposes no duty today. Originally S.2608, it passed the Senate 40-0 on September 25, 2025, was engrossed as S.2619, and was amended by the House (Ways and Means reported a substitute striking the text and inserting H.5472, itself amended and republished as H.5479) before passing the House 146-0 on June 4, 2026.
The Senate non-concurred in the House amendment on June 11, 2026 and appointed a conference committee; the House insisted on its own amendment and appointed its own conferees on June 17, 2026. As of this research, the bill remains in conference with no compromise text produced.
What it asks of an app
- Track the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act's conference committee process; it has passed both chambers in different forms but is not yet law and imposes no duty today.
When LexLint raises it
Declared activities: crawls_web, trains_models, deploys_chatbot, automated_outreach, processes_biometrics, processes_voice
Primary source: official Massachusetts Legislature bill history, malegislature.gov