US Introduced Social Security Number Legislation Resource – 2004 Session in United States
US Introduced Social Security Number Legislation Resource – 2004 Session
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| Alabama | H.B. 121 Pocket veto by governor 5/27/04 Prohibits any state department or agency from revealing or placing the Social Security number of a person on any document available for public inspection without the consent of the person. An exception would be made when the Social Security number is needed for a government purpose by a state or federal agency. |
| H.B. 595 Requires state records and documents containing Social Security numbers to be disposed or stored in a manner which secures the Social Security numbers. |
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| S.B. 85 Indefinitely postponed 5/5/04 Deletes the requirement for a commercial driver license to have the Social Security number of the licensee on the license. Deletes the requirement that the Social Security number of a operator be listed on a motor vehicle accident report. |
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| S.B. 239 Indefinitely postponed 5/5/04 Exempts applicants for hunting and fishing licenses issued by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources from the requirement to give a Social Security number provided the applicant furnishes his or her driver’s license number or nondriver identification card number. |
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| Arizona | H.B. 2041 Failed to pass 5/25/04 Enables the Department of Revenue to print Social Security numbers or taxpayer employer identification numbers on any materials mailed to the taxpayer so long as the number is not visible to others. Allows authorized access to specified confidential information for United States Treasury Department and the Department of Weights and Measures. |
| S.B. 1052 Requires that Social Security numbers be purged from domestic relations documents before becoming available as a public record. |
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| S.B. 1359 Passed Senate 3/22/04 Prohibits the Civil Rights Division of the attorney general’s office from disclosing to any party during the course of an investigation the address, telephone number or Social Security number of any person unless a court order requires the information be confidentially obtained. |
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| California | A.B. 459 Passed Assembly 6/3/04 Authorizes an employer to block out the first five digits of the employee’s Social Security number on the itemized statement. |
| A.B. 1143 Passed Assembly 6/2/04 Adds Internet service providers to the list of “witnesses” who have and maintain personal records of a consumer, such as physicians, clinical laboratories, security brokerage firms, attorneys, accountants, insurance companies and schools, that may be subject to a subpoena duces tecum for production of a consumer’s personal records, including Social Security numbers, in connection with a civil action or proceeding. Establishes a separate procedure for the subpoenaing party to follow when a subpoena seeks information from an Internet service provider (ISP), and would essentially use the ISP as an intermediary to serve the subpoena on a subscriber or consumer of an ISP. This bill would be inapplicable to subpoenas issued to an Internet service provider by a state agency under its investigative powers or to subpoenas issued by or on behalf of a licensee or owner of copyrighted material seeking the identity of an individual pursuant to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (P.L. 105-304). |
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| A.B. 1387 Died pursuant to Art. IV, Ec. 10(c) of the California Constitution 2/2/04 Requires that each house of the Legislature use a unique number other than an individual’s social security number to identify its employees, beginning January 1, 2005. Requires that each house of the Legislature establish and maintain a permanent privacy policy that includes the principles set forth in existing law for state agencies. Requires each house to provide specified notice to persons before collecting personal information, to establish rules for persons using this personal information, to establish safeguards to protect the confidentiality of the personal information, and to provide notification of any breach in security. |
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| A.B. 1811 Prohibits the public posting or displaying any portion of an individual’s Social Security number as specified. |
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| A.B. 2079 Vetoed by governor 9/27/04 Authorizes the use of the last four digits of the affiant’s Social Security number on the affidavit of voter registration, and would require that the affiant be advised on the affidavit that only one type of identification number need be provided, as specified. Requires the affidavit of registration to contain a statement about confidentiality of the personal information of certain voters, as specified, a statement that commercial use of voter registration information is a misdemeanor, and a toll-free hotline telephone number that the public may use to report suspected fraudulent activity concerning the misuse of voter registration information. |
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| A.B. 2258 Requires that the itemized statement show, among other things, the name of the employee and the last four digits only of the employee’s Social Security number. |
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| A.B. 2537 Enacts the Children’s Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act. Prohibits the sale or purchase of personal information, as defined by this bill including Social Security numbers, concerning a person who is known to be a child, as specified, without the consent of the child’s parent or legal guardian. Authorizes a parent or legal guardian of a child whose information is sold or purchased in violation of these provisions to recover punitive damages, actual damages, court costs, and attorney’s fees, as specified. |
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| S.B. 1279 Passed Senate 5/24/04 Requires an agency, or a person or business conducting business in California, that possesses any data that includes the personal information of a California resident, to notify the resident of any breach of the security of the data, as specified. |
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| Florida | H.B. 229 Died in committee 4/30/04 S.B. 1218 Died in committee 4/30/04 Prohibits certain uses of a student’s Social Security number by state universities and community colleges; provides exceptions; requires the development and implementation of a plan by each state university and community college; provides for injunctive relief. |
| H.B. 619 Died in committee 4/30/04 S.B. 1880 Died in committee 4/30/04 Provides an exemption from public records requirements for the home addresses, telephone numbers, Social Security numbers, and photographs of active or former emergency medical technicians or paramedics certified in compliance with chapter 401, the home addresses, telephone numbers, Social Security numbers, photographs, and places of employment of the spouses and the children of such emergency medical technicians and paramedics, and the names and locations of schools and daycare facilities attended by children of such emergency medical technicians and paramedics; provides for future review and repeal of the exemption. |
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| H.B. 1041 Died in committee 4/30/04 Exempts from public records requirements certain financial records, including Social Security numbers, held by Financial Services Department. |
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| H.B. 1281 Died in committee 4/30/04 S.B. 2180 Died in committee 4/30/04 Creates an exemption from the public records requirements; provides for the confidentiality of personal identifying information contained in records of current or former county attorneys, assistant county attorneys, municipal attorneys, and assistant municipal attorneys responsible for prosecuting violations of local codes and ordinances, and spouses and children of those attorneys upon written request by the attorney. |
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| H.B. 1759 Laid on table 4/27/04 Eliminates the requirement that a minor child’s Social Security number be included in a support order. |
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| H.B. 1785 Died in committee 4/30/04 Creates and exemption from public records requirements for home addresses, telephone numbers, Social Security numbers and photographs of active or former emergency medical technicians (EMTs) or paramedics certified in compliance with specified provisions, home addresses, telephone numbers, Social Security numbers, photographs, and places of employment of spouses and children of such EMTs and paramedics. |
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| H.B. 1925 Died in committee 4/30/04 Creates an exemption from public records requirements for home addresses, telephone and Social Security numbers and photos of current or former personnel of crime laboratory or medical examiner’s office, names, home addresses, telephone and Social Security numbers, photos and places of employment of spouses and children of such personnel and names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by children of such personnel. |
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| S.B. 1222 Died in committee 4/30/04 Creates an exemption from disclosure under the public records law for Social Security numbers of qualified parents or grandparents who are living in quarters for which a reduction in assessment has been allowed under that section; provides for future legislative review and repeal. |
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| S.B. 1281 Died in committee 4/30/04 Creates exemption from public records requirements; provides for confidentiality of personal identifying information, including Social Security numbers, contained in records of current or former county attorneys, assistant county attorneys, municipal attorneys and assistant municipal attorneys responsible for prosecuting violations of local codes and ordinances, and spouses and children of those attorneys. |
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| S.B. 1460 Died in committee 4/30/04 Provides for the confidentiality of personal identifying information, including Social Security numbers, contained in records of current or former personnel of a crime laboratory or medical examiner’s office and their spouses and children. |
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| S.B. 2008 Laid on table 4/27/04 Revises the exemption from public-records requirements for personal information, including Social Security numbers, contained in a motor vehicle record; removes the requirement that the exemption be conditioned on a request for exemption by the person who is the subject of the record; restricts the release of Social Security numbers and medical and disability information; eliminates certain conditions under which the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles may release information in connection with a legal proceeding; revises conditions for the release of information for bulk distribution use; provides for release of information when the subject has given consent on a form prescribed by the Department; provides that the restrictions on the disclosure of information do not affect the use of organ donor information; provides for rulemaking; provides for future legislative review and repeal. |
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| S.B. 2180 Died in committee 4/30/04 Creates exemption from public records requirements; provides for confidentiality of personal identifying information, including Social Security numbers, contained in records of current or former county attorneys, assistant county attorneys, municipal attorneys and assistant municipal attorneys responsible for prosecuting violations of local codes and ordinances, and spouses and children of those attorneys. |
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| S.B. 2290 Died in committee 4/30/04 Exempts from public records requirements certain financial records, including Social Security numbers, held by Financial Services Department. |
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| S.B. 2416 Died in committee 4/30/04 Creates an exemption from public records requirements for information obtained by the Financial Regulation Office of Financial Services Commission in connection with investigations and examinations under Florida Consumer Finance Act; provides for future legislative review and repeal. |
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| S.B. 2436 Died in committee 4/30/04 Creates an exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information contained in records concerning current or former juvenile probation officers, juvenile probation supervisors, and juvenile detention officers of the Juvenile Justice Department, and their spouses and children. |
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| Georgia | H.B. 1285 Passed House 3/4/04 Creates a new offense relative to using a minor’s Social Security number to establish a utility or other credit account; provides for definitions; provides for penalties. |
| S.B. 564 Passed Senate 3/12/04 Provides that a Social Security number shall not be used by the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety as a driver’s license or identification card number; provides an exception. |
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| Hawaii | H.B. 2019 Prohibits counties and county liquor commissions from issuing identification cards with the cardholder’s or applicant’s Social Security number on the card. |
| H.C.R. 18 Requests a study on government uses of Social Security numbers. |
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| S.B. 2083 Restricts reproducing of credit card or Social Security numbers to last four digits or requires use of other characters for identification. |
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| S.B. 2219 Prohibits counties and county liquor commissions from issuing identification cards with the cardholder’s or applicant’s Social Security number on the card. |
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| Illinois | H.B. 4443 Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a person or entity may not print an individual’s Social Security number on an insurance card that is used to establish the eligibility of an individual or his or her dependents to receive health, dental, optical, or accident insurance benefits, prescription drug benefits, or benefits under a managed care plan or a plan provided by a health maintenance organization, a health services plan corporation, or a similar entity. Provides that existing insurance cards with an individual’s Social Security number must be replaced with insurance cards without the individual’s Social Security number. Provides that a violation constitutes an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act. |
| H.B. 5006 Provides that any person who uses a consumer credit report in connection with the approval of credit, may not lend money, extend credit, or complete the purchase, lease, or rental of goods or non-credit related services without taking reasonable steps to verify the consumer’s identity. Provides that if a consumer places a statement with a security alert in his or her file requesting that his or her identity be verified by calling a specified telephone number, any person who receives that statement with the security alert in the consumer’s file must take reasonable steps to verify his or her identity by contacting the consumer using the specified telephone number, prior to lending money, extending credit, or completing the purchase, lease, or rental of goods or non-credit related services, with certain exceptions. Provides that a consumer credit reporting agency is required to provide to a consumer information about security alerts and security freezes and their consequences. Prohibits a person or entity from publicly posting or displaying an individual’s Social Security number or doing certain other acts that might compromise the security of an individual’s Social Security number. Provides that a person or entity shall not encode or embed a Social Security number on a card or document, including a bar code, chip, or magnetic strip. |
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| H.B. 5391 Amends the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act. Makes technical changes to a section concerning Social Security numbers on license applications. |
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| H.B. 5591 Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Makes a technical change to a section concerning Social Security numbers on license applications. |
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| H.B. 5592 Amends the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a section concerning Social Security numbers. |
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| H.B. 6309 Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act. Makes a technical change to a section concerning Social Security numbers on license applications. |
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| H.B. 6333 Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Makes a technical change to a section concerning Social Security numbers on license applications. |
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| H.B. 6761 Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code and the Wildlife Code. Provides that no license issued under either Act shall require the applicant to disclose the applicant’s Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) number or Social Security number. |
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| H.B. 6950 Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a person who obtains a Social Security number from a consumer for the purpose of obtaining a consumer credit report with regard to that consumer shall remove the consumer’s Social Security number from the person’s records promptly after the person obtains the consumer credit report, except as otherwise specified. Provides that a violation is an unlawful practice under the Act. |
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| H.B. 6973 Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes it is an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act for a financial institution to record the driver’s license number, Social Security number, or account balance of an account holder of the financial institution on a check presented by the account holder to the financial institution. |
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| H.J.R. 67 Passed House 5/30/04 Creates the Social Security Number Protection Task Force to examine the procedures used by the state to protect an individual against the unauthorized disclosure of his or her Social Security number when the state requires the individual to provide his or her Social Security number to an officer or agency of the state. Requires a report by the first day of the 2004 fall veto session. |
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| H.J.R. 98 Creates the Social Security Number Protection Task Force to examine the procedures used by the state to protect an individual against the unauthorized disclosure of his or her Social Security number when the state requires the individual to provide his or her Social Security number to an officer or agency of the state; requires a report by March 15, 2005. |
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| S.B. 2098 Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and the Department of Natural Resources Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources as soon as practicable to assign a customer identification number to each applicant for a hunting or fishing license. Provides that after the applicant has been assigned a customer identification number, the applicant may use that customer identification number in place of his or her Social Security number on any subsequent application for a hunting or fishing license. Requires the Department to keep a record of the Social Security number of each applicant and to notify each applicant that his or her Social Security number is kept on file with the Department. Provides that a licensee’s Social Security number shall not appear on the face of his or her hunting or fishing license. |
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| S.B. 2639 Provides that any person who uses a consumer credit report in connection with the approval of credit, may not lend money, extend credit, or complete the purchase, lease, or rental of goods or non-credit related services without taking reasonable steps to verify the consumer’s identity. Provides that if a consumer places a statement with a security alert in his or her file requesting that his or her identity be verified by calling a specified telephone number, any person who receives that statement with the security alert in the consumer’s file must take reasonable steps to verify his or her identity by contacting the consumer using the specified telephone number, prior to lending money, extending credit, or completing the purchase, lease, or rental of goods or non-credit related services, with certain exceptions. Provides that a consumer credit reporting agency is required to provide to a consumer information about security alerts and security freezes and their consequences. Prohibits a person or entity from publicly posting or displaying an individual’s Social Security number or doing certain other acts that might compromise the security of an individual’s Social Security number. Provides that a person or entity shall not encode or embed a Social Security number on a card or document, including a bar code, chip, or magnetic strip. |
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| Indiana | S.B. 116 Provides that an applicant for a hunting, trapping, or fishing license is not required to provide the applicant’s Social Security number. |
| S.B. 379 Passed Senate 2/4/04 Prohibits a state agency from releasing the Social Security number of an individual unless required by state law, federal law, or court order; authorized in writing by the individual, or the disclosure is to a commercial entity for permissible uses set forth in the Drivers Privacy Protection Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, or the Financial Modernization Act of 1999. Makes it a Class D felony to knowingly make a false representation to obtain a Social Security number or for an agency employee to knowingly disclose a Social Security number. Provides that an agency employee who negligently discloses a Social Security number commits a Class A infraction. |
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| Kansas | H.B. 2714 Prohibits the use of a Social Security number on a driver’s license, permit or identification card. |
| S.B. 540 Rejected by House 5/3/04 Prohibits postsecondary educational institutions from using a student’s or employee’s Social Security number on the individual’s identification card or encoding the number in a magnetic strip or elsewhere on the card. Prohibits an individual’s new identification number from being based on the person’s Social Security number. The prohibition would become effective July 1, 2006. |
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| S.B. 541 Died in committee 5/21/04 Requires that after June 30, 2005, court records that are open to the public would have to have all references to an individual’s Social Security number removed or rendered unreadable. Requires the Supreme Court to adopt rules to implement elimination of the Social Security number. |
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| S.B. 542 Passed Senate 3/11/04 Prohibits, on and after July 1, 2006, an insurance company, including a health maintenance organization (HMO), offering any type of accident and sickness policy, any insurer or HMO offering any type of coverage for prescription drugs or devices, and any issuer of a uniform prescription drug information card from printing or encoding an insured’s Social Security number on or into the insured’s policy card or drug card. Any identifier assigned to the insured shall be a combination of numbers or letters, or both, which is unique to the cardholder. The identifier shall not in any way be based on or depend on the cardholder’s Social Security number. |
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| Kentucky | H.B. 328 Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to allow county clerks to accept documents via electronic means; allows clerks to maintain archives in electronic formats and to redact portions of Social Security numbers for filing; requires the Department of Libraries and Archives to promulgate related administrative regulations. |
| H.B. 387 Amends KRS 118.315 to remove the requirement that petitioners signing petitions for presidential electors affix a Social Security number; amends KRS 118.591 to require petitioners signing petition to place candidates on the presidential preference primary ballot to include residence address, date of birth, and post office address. |
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| H.B. 445 Passed House 2/13/04 Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to require in domestic relations cases where the disclosure of a Social Security number is required, that the disclosure be made not in the text of a document in the public record of the case, but in a separate form to be stored in a separate, secure area; amends KRS 403.150, 403.160, 403.211, 407.5311, and 407.5602 to conform. |
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| Louisiana | H.B. 794 Authorizes the classification of security sensitive information and personal identification information, such as Social Security numbers, as confidential and prohibits distribution of such information via the Internet. |
| H.B. 1410 Provides for the inclusion of the debtor’s last known address and Social Security number in a petition and final judgment for the payment of money. |
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| Maryland | H.B. 14 Withdrawn 2/9/04 Prohibits a financial institution from requiring an individual to provide more than the last four digits of the individual’s Social Security number as a condition of accessing information related to the individual’s account with the financial institution; authorizes the attorney general to institute a civil action against a person that violates the Act to recover for the state a penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. |
| H.B. 74 Passed House 3/28/04 Prohibits the public posting or displaying of an individual’s Social Security number under specified circumstances; prohibits the printing of an individual’s Social Security number on specified cards under specified circumstances; prohibits a person from requiring that an individual transmit the individual’s Social Security number over the Internet or use the individual’s Social Security number to access an Internet Web site under specified circumstances. |
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| S.B. 117 Vetoed by governor 5/26/04 Prohibits a person from publicly posting or displaying an individual’s Social Security number under specified circumstances, or from printing an individual’s Social Security number on specified cards under specified circumstances; requires an individual to transmit the individual’s Social Security number over the Internet under specified circumstances; prohibits a person from requiring an individual to use the individual’s Social Security number to access an Internet Web site under specified circumstances. |
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| Massachusetts | H.B. 143 Regulates the use of Social Security numbers for identification purposes in the Commonwealth. |
| H.B. 944 Prohibits the unauthorized disclosure and use of Social Security numbers. |
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| Michigan | H.B. 4051 Amends the Nonprofit Health Care Corporation Reform Act, which regulates Blue Cross and Blue Shield, to prohibit benefit cards from displaying an insured’s or a member’s Social Security number. |
| H.B. 4052 Passed House 6/24/03 Amends the Insurance Code to prohibit the display of a member’s Social Security number on a benefit card by a health maintenance organization or an insurer writing disability insurance under Chapters 34 and 36 of the code that provides coverage for hospital, nursing, medical, surgical, or sick-care benefits. |
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| H.B. 4451 Prohibits state agencies from collecting individuals’ Social Security numbers, except as required by law or for employment reasons. A “state agency” also includes an individual or entity that contracts with the state to provide services. |
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| H.B. 4643 Amends the Insurance Code to prohibit the display of a member’s Social Security number on a benefit card by a health maintenance organization or an insurer writing disability insurance under Chapters 34 and 36 of the code that provides coverage for hospital, nursing, medical, surgical, or sick-care benefits. |
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| H.B. 4644 Passed House 6/24/03 Amends the Nonprofit Health Care Corporation Reform Act, which regulates Blue Cross and Blue Shield, to prohibit benefit cards from displaying an insured’s or a member’s Social Security number. |
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| H.B. 5419 Prohibits the use of Social Security numbers to identify students. |
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| S.B. 219 Prohibits the requirement for disclosure of a Social Security number to purchase or obtain services of a retailer. |
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| S.B. 818 Creates the “Social Security Number Privacy Act” to prohibit a person from disclosing to a third party or publicly displaying all or any part of the Social Security number of an employee, student, or other individual, unless he or she consented to the disclosure in writing or the disclosure was authorized by law. A person who violates the Act would be responsible for a civil fine of up to $2,000. A person who knowingly violates the Act would be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days imprisonment, a maximum fine of $1,000, or both. Authorizes an individual to bring a civil action against a person who violates the Act and recover actual damages or $2,000, whichever is greater, plus reasonable attorney fees. “Person” is defined as an individual, partnership, limited liability company, trust, custodian, estate, association, corporation, public or private elementary or secondary school, trade school, vocational school, community or junior college, college, university, or other governmental or legal entity. |
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| Minnesota | H.F. 468 S.F. 565 Restricts the use and display of Social Security numbers. |
| H.F. 739 Indefinitely postponed 5/9/04 S.F. 568 Passed Senate 5/7/03 Relates to data practices; classifies and regulates the access to, use, release, and sharing of certain government, financial, and consumer data, personal information, Social Security numbers, and other data; provides for award of attorney fees and other remedies under certain conditions. |
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| H.F. 1712 S.F. 1663 Exempts minors from game and fish license Social Security number requirement. |
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| H.F. 2393 S.F. 2187 Prohibits the collection of Social Security numbers by ambulance service licensees. |
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| Mississippi | H.B. 630 Died in committee 3/9/04 Requires the use of Social Security numbers when registering to vote; requires the centralized database of registered voters to include the Social Security number of each registered voter in the state. |
| H.B. 1249 Died in committee 3/9/04 Requires the plaintiff in a garnishment proceeding to provide the Social Security number of the defendant/judgment debtor to the clerk of the court. |
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| S.B. 2284 Died in committee 4/6/04 Provides that a driver’s license number assigned by the Department of Public Safety shall not be the Social Security number of the licensee. |
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| Missouri | H.B. 1169 Delineates the conditions under which a public higher education institution may require the use of an individual’s Social Security number. Beginning July 1, 2006, these numbers cannot be: (1) Posted publicly; (2) Transmitted over the Internet unless the connection is secure or the number encrypted; (3) Required as an access code unless an additional authentication device is required; (4) Printed on documents mailed to an individual unless required by law; or (5) Used on a student identification card. Institutions that have been using Social Security numbers in any of the prohibited ways prior to July 1, 2006, may continue the use if annual disclosure is made and the individual given the right to stop the use. Written requests to stop the use of the numbers must be acted upon within 30 days of the request. The bill does not affect use or release of Social Security numbers as required by federal or other state law or their use for internal administrative purposes. The bill does not apply to documents that are recorded or required to be open under the public records law or to records required by case law or court rules to be available to the public. If a federal patient health identifier program is enacted, compliance with the federal law would be considered compliance with the bill. |
| H.B. 1248 Prohibits government agencies from employing a person with a criminal record in any position that would have access to personal records with unique personal identifiers including mailing addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, drivers’ license numbers, and Social Security numbers. |
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| S.B. 1309 Details the conditions under which a public higher education institution may require the use of an individual’s Social Security number. Beginning July 1, 2006, these numbers cannot be: posted publicly; transmitted over the Internet unless the connection is secure or the number encrypted; required as an access code unless an additional authentication device is required; printed on documents mailed to an individual unless required by law; or used on a student identification card. Establishes procedures whereby the institutions that have been using Social Security numbers in any of the prohibited ways prior to July 1, 2006, may continue the use of such numbers under certain circumstances. |
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| S.B. 1389 Details the conditions under which a public higher education institution may require the use of an individual’s Social Security number. Beginning July 1, 2006, these numbers cannot be: posted publicly; transmitted over the Internet unless the connection is secure or the number encrypted; required as an access code unless an additional authentication device is required; printed on documents mailed to an individual unless required by law; or used on a student identification card. Establishes procedures whereby the institutions that have been using Social Security numbers in any of the prohibited ways prior to July 1, 2006, may continue the use of such numbers under certain circumstances. |
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| New Hampshire | H.B. 342 Restricts the use and display of Social Security numbers by agencies, individuals, and non-governmental entities. Establishes a private right of action under RSA 359-C, the Right to Privacy Act. |
| H.B. 1173 Failed to pass House 2/19/04 Establishes a committee to study the discontinuation of the use of Social Security numbers in the criminal justice system. |
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| H.B. 1233 Requires consumer reporting agencies to ensure the accuracy of the Social Security number and last name of the individual who is the subject of the consumer report. |
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| New Jersey | A.B. 311 Prohibits a public or independent institution of higher education in the state from assigning an individual identification number to a student which is identical to or incorporates the student’s Social Security number. Prohibits these institutions of higher education from allowing the public display or use of a student’s Social Security number, or any four or more consecutive numbers contained in the student’s Social Security number. |
| A.B. 833 S.B. 1767 Directs the commissioner of the Department of Personnel to develop programs to promote the privacy and identity security of state and political subdivision employees, including the development and implementation of an employee identification number which would be used instead of an employee’s Social Security number for the purpose of identification on all state and political subdivision records, documents, forms and identification cards which do not specifically require the use of an employee’s Social Security number pursuant to federal or state law. The identification number developed by the commissioner will also be used by an entity contracting with the state or political subdivision on records, documents, forms and identification cards pertaining to a public employee if the employee’s Social Security number is not specifically required by federal or state law. |
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| A.B. 1205 Passed both houses 12/13/04 S.B. 1636 Substituted by A.B. 1205 12/13/04 Prohibits public or independent institutions of higher education in the state from displaying any student’s Social Security number to identify that student for posting or public listing of grades, on class rosters or other lists provided to teachers, on student identification cards, in student directories or similar listings, unless otherwise required in accordance with applicable state or federal law. |
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| A.B. 1958 Prohibits a public or independent institution of higher education in the state from displaying or using a student’s Social Security number to identify that student for grading or other administrative purposes, unless otherwise required in accordance with applicable state or federal law. |
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| A.B. 2047 Passed Assembly 2/23/04 Prohibits any person, including any public or private entity, from printing or displaying in any manner an individual’s Social Security number on any document intended for public recording with any county recording authority. Provides that, in the case of certain documents, the county recording authority is authorized to delete, strike, obliterate or otherwise expunge a Social Security number that appears on the document without invalidating it. As specified in the bill, the fact that such a document is recorded without deleting, striking, obliterating or otherwise expunging that Social Security number shall not render the document invalid, void, voidable or in any way defective. Court documents, tax documents, documents that constitute non-consensual liens against an individual, documents required to contain a Social Security number by law, and documents filed with the County Surrogate are exempt and county recording authorities, therefore, may not make any changes on them. |
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| A.B. 2553 S.B. 2155 Prohibits a business entity in the state from assigning an individual identification number to an individual which is identical to or incorporates the individual’s Social Security number. Prohibits these business entities from allowing the public display or use of an individual’s Social Security number, or any four or more consecutive numbers contained in the individual’s Social Security number. Prohibits a public or independent institution of higher education in the state from assigning an individual identification number to a student which is identical to or incorporates the student’s Social Security number. Prohibits these institutions of higher education from allowing the public display or use of a student’s Social Security number, or any four or more consecutive numbers contained in the student’s Social Security number. |
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| A.B. 3021 S.B. 2154 Prohibits any person, including any public or private entity, from requiring any individual to print or display in any manner that individual’s Social Security number on any document, including but not limited to a license, permit, pass or certificate, for identification purposes. Prohibits a public or private entity from requiring any individual to provide that individual’s Social Security number over the telephone, Internet or via electronic mail unless otherwise required to do so in accordance with applicable state or federal law. The bill does not prevent a public or private entity from using a Social Security number for internal verification, so long as the use does not result in, or require the release of, the Social Security number to persons not designated by the public or private entity to perform associated functions authorized by law. |
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| A.B. 3151 S.B. 360 Prohibits any person, including any public or private entity, from using an individual’s Social Security number in certain ways, including posting it publicly or requiring it for access to products or services. Provides an exception to the above-described prohibitions if that person meets specified conditions, but also provides that an individual may prohibit the use of this Social Security number in these circumstances by making a written request. There may be no charge for implementing such a request. Specifies that its provisions do not prevent the collection, use, or retention of Social Security numbers as required by state or federal law, or the use of Social Security numbers for internal verification or administrative purposes. |
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| A.B. 4016 Prohibits public or independent institutions of higher education in the state from displaying any student’s Social Security number to identify that student for posting or public listing of grades, on class rosters or other lists provided to teachers, on student identification cards, in student directories or similar listings, unless otherwise required in accordance with applicable state or federal law. |
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| A.B. 4034 Provides that until such time as the Division of Fish and Wildlife designs and implements a new system for issuing hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses that does not result in the display of the licensee’s Social Security number on the face of the license, a licensee may cover over or mask the Social Security number wherever it may appear on a state hunting, fishing, or trapping license of any kind issued by the division. Requires the Division to publicize the bill’s provisions to the hunting, fishing, and trapping public. |
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| A.B. 4045 Prohibits a public or independent institution of higher education in the state from assigning an individual identification number to a student which is identical to or incorporates the student’s Social Security number. Prohibits these institutions of higher education from allowing the public display or use of a student’s Social Security number, or any four or more consecutive numbers contained in the student’s Social Security number. |
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| S.B. 1050 Known as the “New Jersey Online Privacy Protection Act,” this bill regulates disclosure of personal information, including Social Security numbers, collected by a Web site or online service. |
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| S.B. 1321 Prohibits a public or private employer in the state from assigning an individual identification number to an employee which is identical to or incorporates the employee’s Social Security number. Prohibits these employers from allowing the public display or use of an employee’s Social Security number, or any four or more consecutive numbers contained in the employee’s Social Security number. Prohibits a public or independent institution of higher education in the state from assigning an individual identification number to a student which is identical to or incorporates the student’s Social Security number. Prohibits these institutions of higher education from allowing the public display or use of a student’s Social Security number, or any four or more consecutive numbers contained in the student’s Social Security number. |
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| S.B. 1959 Prohibits the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury from printing individuals’ Social Security numbers on homestead rebate applications provided to potential claimants. Individual claimants may be requested to supply their Social Security number in a manner that will secure the confidentiality of the number, but that information can only be required in order to verify the accuracy of the application, such as when gross income tax information cannot otherwise be verified or when separate homestead rebate claims are made for the same homestead. Prohibits the printing of Social Security numbers on preprinted application forms that contain individual claimants’ personal identifying information. Reduces the opportunity for unauthorized disclosure of Social Security numbers through the mailing of over one million homestead rebate applications to homeowners and tenants. |
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| New Mexico | H.B. 309 Passed House 2/15/04 Defines terms in the Public Records Act; provides for confidential records retention; provides for access to confidential records, including confidential personal identification information, at the end of a records retention and disposition schedule period or other period. |
| New York | A.B. 532 Passed Assembly 3/8/04 A.B. 3949 S.B. 2201 Tracks the federal Privacy Act of 1974 with respect to the obligation of a person to disclose their Social Security number to another person, partnership, association or corporation; provides where there is no legal basis for request that a person may refuse to provide his/her Social Security number; provides for enforcement by attorney general. |
| A.B. 3320 Requires that the form of questionnaire for jury duty request the Social Security number of prospective jurors to facilitate the prevention of duplicate calls for service to the same person from different list sources and to prevent calls for service to prospective jurors who have recently served. |
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| A.B. 6603 Provides no personal information, including Social Security numbers, shall be reported to the congenital malformations registry without parental consent if diagnosed within two years of birth; violations will subject a person to penalties, and such information may be removed from the registry on request if submitted in violation. |
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| A.B. 7093 Prohibits the use of a person’s Social Security number as an identification number by a health insurer. |
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| A.B. 8486 Vetoed by governor 7/14/04 S.B. 4610 Provides for public access (public inspection and copying) to certain records of public entities regarding certain public work and building service employees (i.e., records or portions thereof pertaining to the employee classifications of, rate of wages and supplements paid to, and number of hours worked by the employees of contractors classified as apprentices); provides for redaction of Social Security numbers. |
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| A.B. 9541 S.B. 7522 Prohibits the printing of a person’s Social Security number on insurance cards, bills, receipts, and other such documents. |
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| A.B. 10352 Excludes a Social Security number or card from documentation required to renew an existing driver’s license. |
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| A.B. 11148 S.B. 6568 Prohibits the use of social security numbers for identification purposes of Individuals. |
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| A.B. 11150 S.B. 7303 Prohibits the use of social security numbers by an organization or governmental agency for identification purposes of individuals. |
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| A.B. 11470 S.B. 309 Relates to the limitations on the use of Social Security numbers; defines “organization” and “informed written consent”; provides that no organization shall sell, share, lease or trade an individual’s Social Security number with any other person without informed written consent of the individual to whom the Social Security number pertains. |
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| S.B. 482 Provides that a tax preparer may use either his or her federal preparer tax identification number or Social Security number on tax returns prepared by such preparer. |
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| S.B. 2238 Requires the issuance of New York state resident identification cards by the Department of Motor Vehicles to all New York state residents; requires New York state resident identification cards shall contain a distinguishing mark and number, as well, as a birth date, current address, Social Security number and description of the appearance of the holder of such card; authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to promulgate rules and regulations for the timely establishment of New York state resident identification cards. |
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| S.B. 5881 Establishes the crimes of unlawful sale of a Social Security number in the first and second degrees; prohibits the sale of a person’s Social Security account number. |
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| S.B. 6142 Sets limits on use of insured individual’s Social Security number by the insurance industry. |
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| Ohio | H.B. 170 Passed House 6/25/03 Generally prohibits the inclusion of an individual’s Social Security number on documents submitted for recording in the office of the county recorder and creates an affirmative defense to associated civil liability of a good faith effort to comply with the noninclusion requirement. |
| H.B. 438 Exempts specific financial information in court records, other information in court records to which public access has been restricted by court order, and certain information in domestic relations case records from the Public Records Law and makes the inclusion of Social Security numbers on traffic tickets voluntary. |
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| S.B. 85 Prohibits the inclusion of an individual’s Social Security number on copies of certain documents that are filed for recording in the office of the county recorder and permits the removal of a Social Security number from certain records kept by the office. |
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| S.B. 246 Passed Senate 12/7/04 Provides that a person, when renewing a driver’s or commercial driver’s license, is not required to produce a document bearing the person’s Social Security number. |
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| Oklahoma | S.B. 1242 Makes certain displays of Social Security numbers on mailings an unlawful act; requires compliance with federal act. |
| Pennsylvania | H.B. 279 Prohibits persons who accept credit cards for transactions or checks for the purchase of goods or services from requiring Social Security numbers, except when required to verify the cardholder’s identity in a telephone, mail or Internet transaction. |
| H.B. 392 Prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from collecting and using Social Security numbers under certain circumstances; and provides for enforcement by the attorney general. |
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| H.B. 1893 Prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from collecting and using Social Security numbers under certain circumstances; and provides for enforcement by the attorney general. |
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| H.B. 2225 Creates the Social Security Number Confidentiality Act. |
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| H.B. 2460 Limits the availability of an individual’s Social Security number under certain circumstances in order to preventidentity theft. |
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| H.B. 2882 Requires an employer who is subject to an order of assignment of salary or wages must notify the court if the defendant is not longer employed with the employer and must provide the court with the defendant’s last know address, Social Security number, and name of the new employer, if known. |
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| S.B. 703 Relates to the confidentiality of Social Security numbers. |
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| S.B. 1070 Creates the Social Security Number Confidentiality Act. |
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| South Carolina | H.B. 4433 Prohibits the requirement by an employer that a prospective employee disclose his Social Security number in an initial application for employment, and provides for the disclosure of the Social Security number of an applicant upon his acceptance of employment or upon his acceptance of employment contingent on a satisfactory background check, if he has received written notice that a background check is reasonably required for the position; and amends §41-1-65, relating to immunity for employers disclosing certain information, so as to provide that the immunity does not apply to an employer who releases an application for employment in which the prospective employee has disclosed his Social Security number. |
| H.B. 4517 Relates to restraining orders against a person engaged in harassment or stalking, so as to provide that the court may not require a person seeking a restraining order to disclose his Social Security number; and relates to a petition for an order of protection, so as to provide that the clerk of court may not require a person seeking an order of protection to disclose his Social Security number. |
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| Tennessee | H.B. 289 S.B. 107 Removes the requirement that all petitions of divorce and legal separation contain Social Security numbers of parties and children born of the marriage. |
| H.B. 2731 S.B. 2901 Permits children under age 18 to obtain hunting and fishing licenses without having to provide Social Security numbers. |
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| H.B. 3307 Prevents motor vehicle rental agencies from requiring consumers to provide Social Security numbers. |
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| Utah | H.B. 109 Enacting clause struck 3/4/04 Repeals, as a substitute for a Social Security number, the use of a temporary identification number (ITIN) issued by the Internal Revenue Service for purposes of obtaining a driver license or identification card issued by the Driver License Division; requires an applicant for a driver license or identification card who does not provide a Social Security number to provide proof that the applicant: is a citizen of another country; does not qualify for a Social Security number; and is legally present in the United States, as authorized under federal law. |
| S.B. 242 Enacting clause struck 3/3/04 Repeals, as a substitute for a Social Security number, the use of a temporary identification number (ITIN) issued by the Internal Revenue Service for purposes of obtaining a driver license or identification card issued by the Driver License Division; requires an applicant for a driver license or identification card who does not provide a Social Security number to provide proof that the applicant: is a citizen of another country; does not qualify for a Social Security number; and is legally present in the United States, as authorized under federal law. |
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| Vermont | H.B. 634 Proposes to require the creation of a second statewide, computerized voter checklist that will be used only for statewide and local elections. Authorizes applicants registering to vote to select to vote only in statewide and local elections and, consequently, would not require disclosure of the applicant’s driver’s license number or the last four digits of the applicant’s Social Security number. Requires town clerks and election officials to review the statewide voter checklist to determine if a voter is registered to vote in a federal election. If the voter is not registered to vote in a federal election and a ballot contains an election for federal office, the bill would require town clerks and election officials to obscure the space identifying a federal election on that voter’s ballot. Proposes to require computerized or touch screen voting machines used in elections to produce a paper record of each vote cast. Proposes to require that any town using a computerized or touch screen voting machine shall provide a ballot box for the collection of the paper records produced by the voting machines. |
| Virginia | H.B. 229 Provides that the circuit court clerks must accept powers of attorney containing Social Security numbers for recordation if the person offering the power of attorney authorizes the clerk to cover or conceal temporarily the Social Security number while the power of attorney is being recorded. |
| H.B. 753 Continued to 2005 session Amends the Personal Information Privacy Act to prohibit (i) intentionally communicating or otherwise making available, in any manner, an individual’s Social Security number to the general public; (ii) print an individual’s Social Security number on any card required for the individual to access or receive products or services provided by the person or entity; (iii) requiring an individual to transmit his Social Security number over the Internet unless the connection is secure or the Social Security number is encrypted; (iv) requiring an individual to use his Social Security number to access an Internet Web site, unless a password or unique personal identification number or other authentication device is also required to access the site; (v) requiring an individual to provide his Social Security number to access or receive goods or services, unless required by state or federal law; and (vi) printing an individual’s Social Security number on any materials that are mailed to the individual, unless state or federal law requires the Social Security number to be on the document to be mailed. Provides an exemption for those situations in which a social security number has been and is being continuously used if the user provides an annual disclosure and a cost-free opportunity to discontinue use to the number holder. Allows using the Social Security number if its use is required by law or for internal verification or administrative purposes. Health insurance companies have until January 1, 2005, to comply for renewing subscribers. Requires that insurance plans for state employees assign an identification number that is not a covered employee’s Social Security number. Amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act to prohibit a supplier from using a consumer’s Social Security number when the consumer requests that his driver’s license number be used. Provides consumers with another option other than providing their Social Security numbers and writing to the supplier for a new number. |
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| H.B. 948 Continued to 2005 session Provides that the Social Security number of the judgment debtor shall not appear on a copy of the writ of fieri facias or on any attachments thereto when such writ is served or posted. |
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| Washington | H.B. 2422 Provides that an employer may not compel or coerce a person into providing a Social Security number on an employment application or through any other means until the employer gives the person an offer of employment. Any request for a Social Security number before an offer of employment must be in writing, and must state that disclosure of a Social Security number before an offer of employment is voluntary. Provides that an employer may not discriminate against a person because he or she does not provide a Social Security number before an offer of employment. |
| H.B. 2558 S.B. 6257 Finds that release of personal and identifying information, including Social Security numbers, specifically linked to the name and job title of employees in the criminal justice and judicial systems may increase exposure of those individuals and their families to identity theft, harassment, or physical harm. The legislature finds the public’s legitimate right to hold public employees accountable can be achieved without access to and dissemination of personal and identifying information that may subject an employee and that employee’s family to an increased danger of physical harm, identity theft, or harassment. Declares that this act is intended to assist employees of the criminal justice and court systems to limit release of personal and identifying information to the general public. |
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| H.B. 3046 Protects public employee personal information, including Social Security numbers. |
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| West Virginia | H.B. 4021 Passed House 1/27/04 S.B. 152 Prevents the disclosure of personal information, including Social Security numbers, of state employees and officers, and their dependents. |
| H.B. 4129 Prohibits the requirement that Social Security numbers be included on hunting and fishing licenses. |
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| S.B. 138 Relates to nondisclosure of personal information, including employees’ Social Security numbers, maintained by the state. |
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| Wisconsin | A.B. 541 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 3/31/04 Provides that no state or local government officer or agency that maintains an Internet site may post on that site any public record containing the name of an individual together with any of the following information relating to that individual: a) the individual’s birth date; b) the number of a driver’s license issued to the individual by the Department of Transportation; c) the Social Security number of the individual; d) the telephone number at the individual’s place of employment; and e) the unpublished home telephone number of the individual. The prohibition does not apply to publication or electronic posting of a telephone number at an individual’s place of employment by a governmental unit that is the employer of the individual. In addition, the prohibition does not apply to the posting of information that is required to be provided as a part of the sex offender registry program. |
| A.B. 577 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 3/31/04 Prohibits a seller of goods at retail from requesting that a customer disclose his or her Social Security number unless the seller is required to do so in issuing fish and game approvals as an agent of the Department of Natural Resources. |
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