An inside look into how a coalition of state legislators plans to take on data brokers Democratic Vermont State Rep. Monique Priestley is one of the top state lawmakers in the country focused on data privacy legislation, having introduced four relevant laws in her state. After the June slaying of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband by a gunman in possession of a list of data brokers, state lawmakers from across the country reached out to Priestley to launch a joint effort to craft and push through new laws to rein in data brokers. Her campaign kicked off earlier this month with a virtual call including lawmakers from more than two dozen states, many of whom are now focused on enacting legislation to better regulate data brokers. Priestley spoke about the early results of the effort for…