US SB2689 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on October 23 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-10-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Pending: Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Prohibits owners of certain federally assisted rental units from using biometric analytics in connection with facial recognition, physical biometric recognition, or remote biometric recognition technology in any units, buildings, or grounds of such project. Within one year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development must report on any known use of such technology in federal assisted rental units in the preceding five years.

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Title

No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2019

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-10-23SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Same As/Similar To

HB4008 (Related) 2019-07-25 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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