HB1270

Ownership of Agricultural Data

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Colorado HB1270 establishes ownership rights for agricultural data and sets requirements for transactions involving agricultural data.

Colorado HB1270, the Agricultural Data Ownership and Market Competition Act, establishes ownership rights for agricultural data and sets requirements for transactions involving agricultural data. The bill defines raw agricultural data as unprocessed information generated from agricultural operations, equipment, or land, and transformed agricultural data as processed data that may be considered intellectual property. Agricultural producers retain ownership of both types of data and can monetize, license, or sell their data.

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Roll Call Votes

5 Yea

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8 Nay

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Calendar

Mar 16

1:30 PM

House Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Hearing

History

Mar 16

House

House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Postpone Indefinitely

Feb 19

House

Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources