Virginia, West Virginia, and South Carolina are the latest states to pass data breach notification laws, bringing to 42 the total number of states with such laws on the books (including the one state with a law that applies only to public entities, Oklahoma).  Listed below are the 41 states with laws that apply to private entities (plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico).


Arizona (ARIZ. REV. STAT. ANN. § 44-7501(h))

Arkansas (ARK. CODE ANN. § 4-110-101 et seq.)

California (CAL. CIV. CODE § 1798.82)

 

Colorado (COLO. REV. STAT. § 6-1-716)

 

Connecticut (CONN. GEN. STAT. § 36a-701b)

Delaware (DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 6, § 12B-101)

District of Columbia (District of Columbia B16-810, D.C. Code § 28-3851)

Florida (FLA. STAT. § 817.5681)

 

Georgia (GA. CODE ANN. § 10-1-911)

 

Hawaii (Hawaii Revised Stat. §§ 487N-1 et seq.)

Idaho (IDAHO CODE ANN. § 28-51-104 et seq.)

Illinois (815 ILL. COMP. STAT. ANN. 530/5, /10)

Indiana (IND. CODE § 24-4.9)

Kansas (KAN. STAT. ANN. §§ 50-7a01-02)

Louisiana (LA. REV. STAT. ANN. § 51:3071 et seq.)

Maine (ME. REV. STAT. ANN. tit. 10, §210-B-1346 et seq.)

 

Maryland (H.B. 208 and S.B. 194)

Massachusetts (Massachusetts General Laws Ann. 93H §§ 1 et seq.)

Michigan (Michigan Compiled Laws Ann. 445.72)

Minnesota (MINN. STAT. § 325E.61)

Montana (MONT. CODE ANN. § 30-14-1704)

Nebraska (NEB. REV. STAT. § 87-801 et seq.)

Nevada (NEV. REV. STAT. 603A.010 et seq.)

New Hampshire (N.H. REV. STAT. ANN. § 359-C:19 et seq.)

New Jersey (N.J. STAT. ANN. § 56:8-163)

New York (N.Y. GEN. BUS. LAW § 899-aa)

North Carolina (N.C. GEN. STAT.§ 75-60 et seq.)

North Dakota (N.D. CENT. CODE § 51-30-01 et seq.)

Ohio (OHIO REV. CODE ANN. § 1349.19)

Oregon (S.B. 583)

 

Pennsylvania (73 PA. CONS. STAT. ANN. § 2303)

Puerto Rico (Law 111 and Regulation 7207)

 

Rhode Island (R.I. GEN. LAWS § 11-49.2-3))

South Carolina S.B. 453

Tennessee (TENN. CODE ANN. § 47-18-21)

Texas (TEX. BUS. & COMM. CODE ANN. § 48.001 et seq.)

Utah (UTAH CODE ANN. § 13-44-101 et seq.)

Vermont (VT. STAT. ANN. tit. 9, § 2430 et seq.)

Virginia S.B. 307

Washington (WASH. REV. CODE § 19.255.010)

West Virginia S.B. 340

Wisconsin (WIS. STAT. § 895.507)

Wyoming (W.S. 40-12-501 through 40-12-509)

H.B. 208 and S.B. 194)