OLYMPIA, Wash. – When the Supreme Court stripped away constitutional protections for abortion in June, concerns grew over the use of period tracking apps because they are not protected by federal privacy laws.

Some Washington state lawmakers want to change that and have introduced a bill related to how consumer data is shared.

The 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, better known as HIPAA, protects medical files at your doctor’s office, but not the information that third-party apps and tech companies collect about you.

HIPAA also does not cover health histories collected by non-medical crisis pregnancy centers.

That means the information can be shared with or sold to almost anyone.

Democratic Representative Vandana Slatter is sponsoring House Bill 1155, which focuses on the collection, sharing, and selling of consumer health data.

Her proposed measure would make it illegal to sell any type of health data.