SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 4065

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  OCTOBER 5, 2026

      The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 4065.

      This bill prohibits wearable technology companies from selling or offering to sell consumers’ health information collected by the companies’ devices without the consumer’s express written consent.  Under the bill, “health information” means any information that is created or received by a wearable technology company and relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of a consumer, and “wearable technology” means technology that is physically worn to identify and capture an individual’s motions, activities, and real-time data including but not limited to heart rate and sleep, through sensors and other mechanisms.