California’s internet privacy bill stalled out without a vote
California legislators tried and failed to push through a bill that would have restored the internet privacy rules killed by Congress and the FCC earlier this year.
The bill, introduced in June, didn’t manage to make it to the floor for a vote on Friday, which was the last day of the state’s 2017 legislative session. Instead, it remained stalled in committee and was ultimately shelved, placed in the “inactive file” without being sent out for a vote.
This outcome wasn’t entirely unexpected. While California seemed among the more likely places to pass legislation enshrining tougher internet privacy rules, opponents had several different chances to kill the bill, including within three…
