Senate Children and Family Law Committee
Declan Donahue 271-3324
HB 1460-FN, prohibiting the sale of location and other sensitive data regarding children.
Hearing Date: March 19, 2026
Time Opened: 11:22 a.m. Time Closed: 11:33 a.m.
Members of the Committee Present: Senators Abbas, Sullivan and Long
Members of the Committee Absent : None
Bill Analysis: This bill prohibits the sale of the location and other sensitive data regarding children.
Sponsors:
Rep. Litchfield | Rep. Markell | Rep. Edwards |
Rep. L. Miner | Rep. Granger | Rep. Moffett |
Sen. Gannon | Sen. Murphy | Sen. Lang |
Sen. Sullivan |
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Who supports the bill: Rep. Melissa Litchfield, Jennifer Favreau, Curtis Howland, Timothy Finney, Sherly Harianto, Pamela Harders, Aubrey Freedman, Rep. Debra DiSimone, Donald Gilbert, Matthew Bliar, Warren Cormack
Who opposes the bill: Georgina Lambert
Summary of testimony presented:
Rep. Melissa Litchfield (Rockingham - District 32)
- A child's location should not be bought and sold.
- Location data can be collected over time to show patterns of where a child lives, goes to school, and the routines they follow.
- This information can be bundled and sold without a family even realizing.
- Once a child's data enters the marketplace, parents lose visibility and control over how their child's data is used.
- This bill makes a distinction between data being used to provide a service and data being turned into a product to be sold. It would not prevent parents and children from sharing locations.
- HB 1460 operated within existing privacy frameworks.
- It may require companies to change how they monetize children's data, but does not ban them from offering a service.
- Senator Long asked if there is a definition for sell here, and if data could then be traded.
- The Department of Justice may be more prepared to answer that question.
Rep DiSimone (Rockingham - District 18)
- Selling sensitive information makes traffickers' jobs easier.
- Children don't understand who they are interacting with online, so we have to protect them from their trust in society by not allowing the sale of their sensitive information.
Warren Cormack (Assistant Attorney General, New Hampshire Department of Justice)
- This bill gives companies the ability to sell children's data only if they have received consent from the parent.
- The sale of children's location data can result in a surprisingly detailed set of information that creates a profile that allows for them to be found and tracked.
- Children under thirteen likely do not understand the consequences of having their data stolen.
- Other states have already gone further than this bill. Connecticut and Maryland ban the sale of data up to eighteen years old and targeted ads to minors.
- Companies that operate nationwide should already be able to adhere to stricter mandates than this legislation.
- Senator Long asked if someone can trade data even if they cannot sell it.
- This bill fits within the larger framework of the New Hampshire Data Privacy Act. All of the terms within this bill can be found there.
- Any exchange for valuable considerations would be considered a sale, whereas bankruptcy and mergers are not.
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Date Hearing Report completed: March 30, 2026