Stakeholder Position Tracker: Federal Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation

Quiet week: no verified privacy-bill activity from Cantwell, McMorris Rodgers or Carr

Quiet edition: no verified on-issue activity from Sen. Cantwell, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers or FCC Chair Carr in the window. Cantwell's recent floor and committee work is on AI and college sports, not comprehensive privacy; a Sep 25 StateScoop report called passage this year highly unlikely.

No verified on-issue activity in the window: Sen. Maria Cantwell (Ranking Member, Senate Commerce; her Sep 15 floor speech was on AI safety, and the last privacy record found is the 2024 American Privacy Rights Act effort described by StateScoop on Sep 25, 2026), Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (StateScoop describes her as the 2024 House Energy and Commerce chair; a search listing showed an Energy and Commerce Republicans farewell post dated Jan 2, 2025 that I did not open, and I found no current-role activity; House privacy work now runs through Chair Brett Guthrie's SECURE Data Act, which had a subcommittee hearing in June 2026), and FCC Chair Brendan Carr (searches surfaced only covered-list, TV ownership and robocall items, none on comprehensive privacy legislation; FCC dockets such as ECFS were not searched directly). Context, not stakeholder activity: Sen. Gillibrand reintroduced the Data Protection Act on Sep 30, 2026 (gillibrand.senate.gov), and InsideAIPolicy reported on Oct 5 that Cantwell scheduled a Commerce markup of eight AI bills (paywalled, not opened). No dated privacy hearing or markup was confirmed for the coming week.

Coverage: Sep 29 – Oct 6, 2026

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