U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB5459: Agricultural Data Privacy Act of 2026
Status: In committee, September 23, 2026
A bill to protect the economic value of agricultural data and the autonomy of agricultural producers by protecting the sale of agricultural data and maintaining the security of agricultural data through reasonable safeguards.
What the bill says
To protect the economic value of agricultural data and the autonomy of agricultural producers by protecting the sale of agricultural data and maintaining the security of agricultural data through reasonable safeguards.
From the introduced text, September 23, 2026:
A BILL To protect the economic value of agricultural data and the autonomy of agricultural producers by protecting the sale of agricultural data and maintaining the security of agricultural data through reasonable safeguards. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Data Privacy Act of 2026 . SECTION 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to protect the economic value of agricultural data and the autonomy of agricultural producers by protecting the sale of agricultural data and maintaining the security of agricultural data through reasonable safeguards. SECTION 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Affiliate The term affiliate means a person or entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a controller or processor. (2) Aggregated data The term aggregated data means agricultural data that has been combined with other data from various sources and summarized so that the resulting data cannot reasonably be linked to an identified or identifiable agricultural producer, farm, parcel, device, or equipment. (3) Agricultural data (A) In general The term agricultural data means any of the following data that is collected, produced, or generated and is linked or reasonably linked to an identified or reasonably identifiable agricultural producer: (i) Agronomic data. (ii) Climate and weather data. (iii) Land data. (iv) Livestock data. (v) Management …
Sponsors
- Ricketts, Pete (R) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Common questions
- What is SB5459?
- SB5459 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Agricultural Data Privacy Act of 2026.
- What does SB5459 do?
- In its own words: To protect the economic value of agricultural data and the autonomy of agricultural producers by protecting the sale of agricultural data and maintaining the security of agricultural data through reasonable safeguards.
- What is the status of SB5459?
- In committee as of September 23, 2026. Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (September 23, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB5459?
- Ricketts, Pete (R).
- Where is the official record for SB5459?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5459
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