US Introduced Social Security Number Legislation Resource – 2006 Session in United States
US Introduced Social Security Number Legislation Resource – 2006 Session
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| Alabama | H.B. 194 Indefinitely postponed 4/6/06 Prohibits any state department, licensing or regulatory board or agency from reveling or placing a Social Security Number on a document available for public inspection without the consent of the individual whose Social Security Number is being displayed. An exception would be made when the Social Security Number is needed for a government purpose by a state or federal agency. |
| S.B. 40 Passed Senate 3/30/06 A resident hunting license would not have the licensee’s Social Security Number on the license. |
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| S.B. 560 Passed Senate 3/30/06 Prohibits a state department or agency from placing or otherwise revealing the Social Security number of a person on any document available for public inspection without the express consent of the person with certain exceptions. |
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| Alaska | S.B. 222 Relates to breaches of security involving personal information, consumer report security freezes, protection of Social Security numbers, disposal of records, factual declarations of innocence after identity theft, furnishing consumer credit header information, and filing police reports regarding identity theft; and amending Rule 60, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure. |
| Arizona | H.B. 2244 Prohibits the state or any political subdivision of the state from requesting a Social Security number from any person on any form or application that is used by the state or any political subdivision of the state unless otherwise required by federal law. |
| H.B. 2276 Relates to the disclosure of compromised personally identifiable information and to security breach of personally identifiable information including Social Security numbers. |
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| S.B. 1375 Relates to the discarding and disposal of personal and entity identifying information and the use of Social Security numbers. |
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| California | S.B. 222 Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56 1/31/06 Existing law prohibits a person or entity, with specified exceptions, 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. This bill would provide that any violation of this provision is a misdemeanor, punishable as specified. |
| S.B. 1015 Passed Senate 8/31/05 Existing law permits a party to request that documents listing or identifying the parties’ assets and liabilities be sealed in specified family law proceedings, including dissolution of marriage. Revises those provisions to include documents listing or identifying the parties’ income or expenses, permits specified portions of those records to be redacted, subject to a finding by the court, and makes related changes. Requires the court, upon request of a party, to redact the Social Security number, residence address, and certain financial information of a party, as specified. Requires the Judicial Council to adopt rules governing procedures for redacting and restoring those records. |
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| S.B. 1637 Passed Senate 5/18/06 Requires that claims for the disabled veterans’ exemption contain the claimant’s Social Security number or other personal identifying number. Pursuant to legislative findings, specifies that these claim forms are not public documents open to public inspection. |
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| Connecticut | H.B. 5604 Requires that banks and other entities may only request the last four digits of an individual’s Social Security number when using such number to verify an individual’s identity. |
| S.B. 495 Failed Joint Favorable deadline 3/14/06 Establishes a task force to examine confidentiality issues regarding transactional disclosure of Social Security numbers. |
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| Delaware | S.B. 124 Prohibits the installation, transmission, and use of computer software that collects personally identifiable information, and authorizes the attorney general to bring a civil action against anyone who violates any provision of this act and seek damages ranging from $1,000 to $1 million. |
| Florida | H.B. 379 Died in committee 5/5/06 S.B. 1382 Died in committee 5/5/06 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. Provides an exemption from public records requirements for the home addresses, telephone numbers, SocialSecurity numbers, photographs, and places of employment of the spouses and the children of such emergency medical technicians and paramedics. |
| H.B. 1469 Died in messages 5/5/06 Provides exemption for public records requirements for information held by Florida Opportunity Fund and Florida Opportunity Fund Management Corporation that is trade secret; provides exemption from said requirements for tax I.D. and Social Security numbers, analyses of gross receipts, amount of taxes paid, amount of capital investment, amount of employee wages paid, and detailed documentation to substantiate such performance information. |
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| S.B. 1162 Laid on table 5/3/06 Exempts an individual’s name, address, birth date, Social Security number, phone number, and license numbers contained in records maintained by the Division of Licensing of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services of individuals who have applied for or received a license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm from the public record. Disclosure of information is possible under certain circumstances. |
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| S.B. 2366 Laid on table 5/3/06 Requires a person’s date of birth rather than a Social Security number be included on final judgment; provides that if confidential and exempt information is or has been included in a court file or in a document filed as official record, the information may be included as part of court record or official record available for public inspection and copying unless redaction is requested by specified individuals. |
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| S.B. 2746 Died in committee 5/5/06 Creates exemption from public-records requirements for information obtained by Financial Regulation Office of Financial Services Commission in connection with active investigations and examinations under the Florida Consumer Finance Act; provides exception; provides definition; provides for future legislative review and repeal. |
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| Georgia | H.B. 161 Relates to issuance, expiration, and renewal of drivers’ licenses, so as to prohibit any driver’s license or permit from containing the Social Security number of the licensee or permit holder. |
| Hawaii | H.B. 3255 Prohibits the collection or use of Social Security numbers by state or county agencies except as allowed by the federal Privacy Act. |
| S.B. 2158 Passed Senate 3/7/06 Prohibits public inspection of family court records or judgments affecting title to land that contain the Social Security number of any individual without the consent of that individual. |
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| S.B. 2950 Excludes Social Security numbers from being included on a judgment lien. |
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| Idaho | S.B. 1265 Amends existing law relating to written reports of motor vehicle accidents to redefine “personal information” to provide that personal information may include information on vehicular accidents; and to provide reference to personal information in written reports of accidents which is privileged or is to be held confidential. |
| Illinois | H.B. 4259 Amends the Secretary of State Act. Establishes a Unique Identification Number Task Force to explore the technical and procedural changes that are needed in order to implement a unique identification number system to replace the use of Social Security numbers by state and local government agencies. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes it an unlawful practice for a state or local government agency to use an individual’s Social Security number in certain ways, subject to various exceptions. Requires each state or local government agency to develop and implement a Social Security number privacy policy by January 1, 2007. Prohibits a state or local government agency from requesting an individual’s Social Security number unless specifically authorized to do so under state or federal law. Provides that any person who knowingly violates the provisions regulating the use of Social Security numbers is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Makes other changes. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that information or documents containing all or any portion of an individual’s Social Security number are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, except to the extent authorized under certain provisions of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Preempts home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. |
| H.B. 4473 Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act. Makes a technical change in a section concerning Social Security numbers on license applications. |
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| H.B. 4474 Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act. Makes a technical change in a section concerning Social Security numbers on license applications. |
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| H.B. 4512 Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a section concerning Social Security numbers on license applications. |
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| H.B. 4605 Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Prohibits the Department of Revenue from printing an individual’s Social Security number on any tax return form, payment voucher, or other document that is transmitted through the United States mail. |
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| H.B. 5215 Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a section concerning Social Security numbers on license applications. |
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| S.B. 2472 Amends the Clerk of Courts Act. Provides that a circuit clerk shall impound any document relating to child support that contains a Social Security number. |
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| S.B. 3000 Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Prohibits a person from requiring an individual’s Social Security number in order for the individual to obtain a service, including, but not limited to, the provision of satellite television and wireless telecommunications service, unless the person: (i) presents the individual with a written notice stating that the individual’s Social Security number will be used only for purposes of conducting a credit check and detailing all of the measures that the person has taken to protect the individual’s Social Security number; and (ii) provides an alternative to provision of the individual’s Social Security number as a requirement for service, such as requiring a higher security deposit amount. Prohibits the use of an individual’s Social Security number as a personal identification number or account number. |
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| Indiana | H.B. 1149 Establishes a procedure under which a qualified organization that conducts only one charity gaming event in a calendar year may submit an application for a license for the event without including the Social Security numbers of the workers for the proposed event. Provides that a qualified organization using the procedure may not require an individual who wishes to participate in the allowable event as a worker to submit the individual’s Social Security number to the qualified organization. |
| S.B. 313 Provides that an individual who created a document or an individual who submits a document for recording (if the individual who created the document cannot be located) shall affirm that the individual reviewed the document and redacted all Social Security numbers in the document. |
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| Iowa | H.F. 2128 Makes Social Security numbers confidential information. A state, county, city, school district, or other political subdivision, i.e., the lawful custodian currently in physical possession of a public record or another person authorized to release such information, must keep Social Security numbers confidential. The bill also creates the Iowa public records privacy commission in the office of the citizens’ aide to identify public records with Social Security numbers, determine the necessity of having Social Security numbers in public records, notify the lawful custodian that redaction of unnecessary Social Security numbers is required, and review procedures that ensure the privacy of Social Security numbers. |
| H.F. 2757 Allows the recorder to delete a Social Security number if a document is submitted with such number improperly included. |
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| Kansas | H.B. 2381 Limits the publication of court records that include Social Security numbers and other banking and credit card numbers. |
| H.B. 3003 Prohibits a document available for public inspection or copying that contains an individual’s Social Security number if the document contains an individual’s personal information, unless required by federal law. No person, business, or any employee would be able to solicit, require, or use for commercial purposes an individual’s Social Security number unless the number is necessary for the normal course of business. An individual could recover a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for damages. Prohibits parties filing or submitting documents with the court from filing documents that contain a Social Security number. The Supreme Court is responsible for implementing this provision. |
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| H.R. 6016 Urges the United States Congress to impose prohibitions or limitations on the sale or other dissemination of personal data. |
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| Kentucky | H.B. 4 Passed House 3/14/06 Adds a new section to Kentucky law that prohibits a business from making or requiring certain uses of a consumer’s Social Security number but allows for certain exceptions for use or disclosure of a consumer’s Social Security number; requires a business to make reasonable efforts to implement requirements prior to effective date. |
| Louisiana | H.B. 673 Prohibits the office of motor vehicles from selling personal information contained on driver’s license and certificate of title applications. |
| H.B. 1150 Passed House 5/10/06 Provides relative to certain personal information of law enforcement officers and court officers and their use in commercial databases. |
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| H.B. 1251 Passed House 5/10/06 Makes certain information regarding a law enforcement or court officer and certain immediate family members and related persons confidential and exempt from certain provisions of the laws relative to public records. |
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| Maine | L.D. 1817 Expands the prohibition under current law on use of Social Security numbers to prohibit all businesses, organizations, government entities and all other entities operating in the state from requesting a person’s Social Security number for any purpose, with exceptions. Businesses and the other specified entities may request a person’s Social Security number when necessary to collect or disburse Social Security funds and when federal law requires the federal government to obtain a person’s Social Security number from the business and other specified entities. Employers are permitted to request an employee’s Social Security number without these limitations. |
| Maryland | H.B. 1109 Withdrawn 2/28/06 Requires the clerks of the circuit court of each county to redact or remove Social Security numbers from specified land instrument records under specified circumstances; and requires the clerk of the circuit court for a county to charge a specified fee for the redaction and removal of Social Security numbers in specified land instrument records. |
| H.B. 1176 Prohibits a person, including a public or private entity, from intentionally communicating or otherwise making available to the public the Social Security number of another; prohibits a person, from printing the Social Security number of another on a card required for the other person to access products or services; prohibits a person from requiring another to transmit the Social Security number of the other over the Internet. |
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| Massachusetts | H.B. 281 Further regulates group insurance for public employees and retired public employees by authorizing the use of numbers separate from Social Security numbers for insurance purposes. |
| H.B. 1442 Relates to law enforcement investigations of identity theft cases, creates a division of privacy protection, limits the sharing of Social Security numbers by persons, entities and state agencies. |
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| H.B. 1740 Regulates the disclosure and use of Social Security numbers. |
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| H.B. 3700 Regulates the use of Social Security numbers. |
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| S.B. 183 Creates the Personal Information Protection Act. |
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| S.B. 184 Prevents identity theft and establishes a victim’s bill of rights and prohibits the use of Social Security numbers as specified. |
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| Michigan | S.B. 1452 Amends Public Act 25 of 1836, which pertains to books of deeds and other instruments relating to land titles, to provide that, beginning March 1, 2005, if a register of deeds provided a person with a copy of an instrument from a book of records that contained a Social Security number, the register of deeds could obscure or remove all or at least five digits of the number from the copy before providing it. This provision would not apply after June 30, 2007. Beginning July 1, 2007, a register of deeds would be required to obscure or remove all or at least five digits of the Social Security number from a copy before providing it. Neither of these provisions would apply if state or federal law, rule, regulation or court order or rule required the number to appear in the instrument or copies of it. |
| S.B. 1453 Amends Public Act 103 of 1937, which prescribes conditions for the execution of instruments to be recorded in the register of deeds office. Under the bill, beginning January 1, 2007, these conditions would include a requirement that any complete or partial Social Security number appearing in or on the instrument be obscured or removed, unless state or federal law, rule, regulation, or court order or rule required that all or more than four sequential digits of the Social Security number appear in the instrument. |
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| S.B. 1454 Amends Public Act 20 of 1867, which requires a register of deeds to record on the books in his or her office all deeds, mortgages, maps, instruments or writings authorized by law to be recorded, and left with the register of deeds for that purpose, upon payment of the proper fee. Under the bill, beginning January 1, 2006, if a register of deeds received an instrument or reproduction of an instrument that contained a Social Security number, the register could obscure or remove all or at least five digits of the number from the document before recording it. |
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| S.B. 1455 Requires the redaction of Social Security numbers in judgments submitted to register of deeds for recordation unless prohibited by law. |
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| S.B. 1456 Requires the redaction of Social Security numbers in affidavits submitted to register of deeds for recordation unless prohibited by law. |
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| S.B. 1457 Requires the redaction of Social Security numbers in recorded documents made available for inspection by register of deeds unless prohibited by law. |
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| Minnesota | H.F. 2737 S.F. 2458 Prohibits mandatory disclosure of a person’s Social Security number as a condition of receiving a service or product; provides exceptions. |
| H.F. 2960 S.F. 3020 Restricts the use of Social Security numbers. |
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| H.F. 3680 S.F. 3255 Relates to government data; restricts permissible uses of data provided to obtain a driver’s license or Minnesota identification card and to register a vehicle; prohibits bulk sales; prohibiting resale of individual records by permissible users; prohibits disclosure of highly restricted information including photographs, Social Security numbers, and medical information except to government agencies; requiring permissible users to pay a fee for data; provides for rulemaking authority; provides public and private remedies. |
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| S.F. 3415 Relates to commerce; prohibits mandatory disclosure of a person’s Social Security number as a condition of receiving a service or product; provides exceptions. |
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| Mississippi | H.B. 473 Died in committee 1/31/06 Requires the centralized database of registered voters to include the Social Security number of each registered voter in the state. |
| H.B. 477 Died in committee 1/31/06 Provides that the application for registration of electors contain an applicant’s Social Security number. |
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| Missouri | H.B. 1394 Prohibits any child support check or other correspondence from containing the Social Security number of any child support obligee, obligor, or the child entitled to the support, unless otherwise required by federal law or court order. Social Security numbers may be retained as confidential records. Any records of the Family Support Division in the Department of Social Services which contain Social Security numbers are not subject to public disclosure unless required by court order or federal law. |
| H.B. 1460 Requires an employer to verify that an employee has a valid Social Security number. An employer in violation of this requirement will be guilty of a class D felony. |
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| H.B. 1897 Extends the prohibition on the disclosure of Social Security numbers to any entity, including state and local agencies, except where disclosure is required by federal law or regulation. This provisions will apply only to the use of Social Security numbers on or after January 1, 2007. The bill removes the exception allowing the disclosure of Social Security numbers on documents that are recorded or required to be open to the public pursuant to the Missouri Open Records Law or records that are required by statute, case law, or court rules to be made available to the public. |
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| Nebraska | L.B. 1196 Eliminates requirements to include a person’s Social Security number in certain documents including; a decree of dissolution of marriage or legal separation, support order, petition to establish, register or modify a support order, income withholding order of another state, domestic relations order, paternity judgment, foreign support order, and order to withhold and deliver. |
| New Hampshire | H.B. 713 Establishes a process for the request and disclosure of Social Security numbers. |
| New Jersey | A.B. 2723 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. |
| S.B. 572 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, including but not limited to health care services. In addition, the bill 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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| S.B. 1772 Prohibits clerks, registers of deeds and mortgages, and other officers who receive and record such documents from displaying or making deeds or mortgages available via the Internet unless any Social Security numbers they include are deleted, struck, obliterated, or otherwise expunged. Specifies that these officers may not be liable for claims arising from violations. |
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| New York | A.B. 113 Passed Assembly 2/13/06 S.B. 1614 Prohibits the printing of a person’s Social Security number on insurance cards, bills, receipts, and other such documents. |
| A.B. 227 Passed Assembly 6/23/05 S.B. 2901 Makes unsolicited electronic mail advertising unlawful unless certain information is provided by the sender, including the sender’s name and street and e-mail address; prohibits sale, lease or exchange of certain personal identifying information, including Social Security numbers, obtained online without the knowledge and affirmative consent of the consumer; makes provisions for penalties for violations. |
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| A.B. 638 Passed Assembly 5/16/06 S.B. 250 Tracks 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 or her Social Security number; provides for enforcement by attorney general. |
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| A.B. 1613 S.B. 515 Prohibits the use of social security numbers for identification purposes of individuals. |
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| A.B. 3910 S.B. 7163 Prohibits the use of Social Security numbers by an organization or governmental agency for identification purposes of individuals; defines terms. |
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| A.B. 5390 S.B. 1751 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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| A.B. 6525 S.B. 4597 Enacts the New York State Internet Privacy Law to which operators of Web sites may voluntarily be subject; limits disclosure of personal information, including Social Security numbers, to those submitting to the law by publicizing that they comply with such law; provides for enforcement. |
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| A.B. 6962 S.B. 7076 Relates to the redaction of certain identifying information on records accessed pursuant to the freedom of information law, including but not limited to a person’s Social Security number, mother’s maiden name, and place and date of birth. |
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| A.B. 7103 S.B. 4106 Provides for the protection of confidential personal information collected and distributed by individual reference services providers or marketing list brokers; establishes exclusion lists, penalties and grounds for civil liability. |
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| A.B. 7670 Passed Assembly 5/16/06 Prohibits persons or business entities from filing unnecessary personal identifying information as defined with the state or any political subdivision thereof; provides for enforcement by the attorney general. |
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| A.B. 7920 S.B. 3933 Establishes no public entity, nor any officer or employee thereof, shall require a person’s Social Security number to appear on certain public records. |
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| A.B. 8067 Passed Assembly 6/13/06 Prohibits employers from using an employee’s Social Security number for identification purposes. |
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| A.B. 8224 Prohibits employers from putting Social Security numbers on checks, drafts or vouchers issued to employees. |
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| A.B. 9996 S.B. 6766 Prohibits a county clerk’s office from electronically disseminating any document accepted by such office containing certain identifying information; defines such identifying information as an individual’s Social Security number. |
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| A.B. 10074 Passed Assembly 5/16/06 S.B. 6911 Limits the use of Social Security numbers for identification of employees. |
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| A.B. 10076 Substituted 6/13/06 S.B. 6909 Passed Assembly 6/13/06 Relates to the confidentiality of Social Security numbers; defines “Social Security account number”; prohibits certain uses of Social Security account numbers by persons, firms, partnerships, associations or corporations; authorizes a consumer reporting agency to furnish Social Security account numbers of a consumer, or any derivative thereof, under certain circumstances. |
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| A.B. 10107 Prohibits county clerk of Nassau county to accept for filing or recording any document which includes the Social Security number of any person. |
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| A.B. 10110 S.B. 6853 Relates to the redaction of certain identifying information on records accessed pursuant to the freedom of information law, including but not limited to a person’s Social Security number, mother’s maiden name, and place and date of birth. |
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| A.B. 10443 Limits the use of an individual’s Social Security number by entitling such individual to redact such number prior to the publication of a document, that is filed and kept with the county clerk’s office of each county, and which displays such individual’s Social Security number. |
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| S.B. 1270 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; establishes unlawful sale of a Social Security number in the first degree as a class D felony and unlawful sale of a Social Security number in the second degree as a class E felony. |
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| S.B. 3721 Enacts the Consumer Privacy Act to protect the personal privacy of individuals and families who choose to retain such privacy without unreasonably restricting the ability of commercial entities to collect and use information necessary to conduct business or as is permitted by the subject of such information: defines terms; prohibits wrongful disclosure of protected personal information with certain exceptions; provides for civil liability for wrongful disclosure; authorizes the attorney general to bring enforcement action for injunction and penalties; limits time period in which such an action may be brought. |
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| S.B. 4813 Prohibits persons or business entities from filing unnecessary personal identifying information as defined with the state or any political subdivision thereof; provides for enforcement by the attorney general. |
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| S.B. 5406 Passed Senate 2/6/06 Prohibits employers from putting Social Security numbers on checks, drafts or vouchers issued to employees. |
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| North Carolina | H.B. 2167 Limits the disclosure of personal identifying information, including Social Security numbers, obtained by the Wildlife Resources commission. |
| S.B. 1588 Limits the disclosure of personal identifying information, including Social Security numbers, obtained by the Wildlife Resources commission. |
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| Ohio | H.B. 494 Prohibits the inclusion of Social Security numbers on motor vehicle registration renewal notices. |
| H.B. 528 Specifies that Social Security numbers are not public records and to require a public office to redact Social Security numbers contained within a public record and to notify the requester of public records of the redaction of information within a public record, including Social Security numbers, that are exempt from disclosure. |
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| S.B. 283 Requires a public office or person responsible for public records to redact Social Security numbers from a public record before providing copies of it or making it accessible through the Internet and authorizes a person aggrieved by a failure to so edit a record to bring a civil action for damages, equitable relief, and reasonable attorney’s fees. |
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| S.B. 358 Allows a consumer to place a security freeze on the consumer’s credit report, to specify that Social Security numbers are confidential, to specify that certain personal information is not a public record, to require a public office to redact from a document that is otherwise a public record certain personal information, to require a public office to redact Social Security numbers and other confidential information from any document that is made available online to the public through the internet, to require the Office of Criminal Justice Services to make state funding grants available to local law enforcement agencies for enforcement of identity fraud laws, to require the attorney general to support local law enforcement agencies with the enforcement of identity fraud laws, and to enact a special statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions and civil actions against identity fraud. |
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| Oklahoma | H.B. 2939 Prohibits the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board, Oklahoma State Employee Benefits Council, or certain vendors from using Social Security numbers on health benefit plan membership cards. |
| S.B. 1033 Relates to public records; relates to reproduction of records; requires redaction of Social Security numbers. |
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| Pennsylvania | H.B. 1918 Requires the filing office to make Social Security numbers on financing statements illegible to read before making the forms available to the public. |
| S.B. 1246 Establishes an Identity Theft Prevention and Restoration Program with in the office of the attorney general. |
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| Rhode Island | H.B. 7731 Creates the Social Security Number Privacy Act, and provides guidelines and penalties for violation. |
| S.B. 2190 Makes it unlawful for any state or local government agency to deny to any individual any right, benefit, or privilege provided by law because of an individual’s refusal to disclose his or her Social Security number. |
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| South Carolina | H.B. 4297 Enact the “Identity Theft Protection Act”, by adding Chapter 20 to Title 37 providing for protections in connection with consumer credit-reporting agencies and with the use and communication of a consumer’s Social Security number, imposition of a security freeze on a consumer’s credit report, prescription of measures for disposal of personal identifying information and disclosure of unauthorized access to personal identifying information, and civil damages, including attorney’s fees and costs and injunctive relief; redesignates the Family Privacy Protection Act of Chapter 2, Title 30, as Article 1 and by adding Article 3 providing for protection of personal identifying information privacy in connection with a public body and its use and communication of a resident’s Social Security number, prescription for disclosure of Social Security information and identifying information by and to certain public bodies, prohibition of requiring the use of personal identifying information on a mortgage and in preparation of documents for public filing; and procedure for redacting certain personal identifying information from public records; adds §16-13-540 so as to provide for the expunction of the criminal record of a named individual incurred as a result of the unlawful use of his identifying information; adds §16-13-550 so as to provide for reporting of the crime of financial identity fraud to the local law enforcement agency and reference by the local agency to the agency with jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute; amends § 16-13-510, relating to the offense of financial identity fraud, so as to include the use of another’s information to obtain anything of value, including credit, to avoid legal consequences, or to obtain employment, and to provide, for exceptions, to further define “identifying information”, and to provide for criminal penalties, including restitution; amends §16-13-520 relating to prosecution of the crime of financial identity fraud, so as to further provide for the county in which the crime is considered to have been committed; adds §1-11-490 so as to provide for disclosure by an agency of this state of unauthorized access to the personal identifying information of a resident whose information the agency owns or licenses and to provide for civil damages, attorney’s fees, and injunctive relief. |
| S.B. 510 Prohibits the sale of Social Security numbers by the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles. |
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| Tennessee | H.B. 2853 S.B. 3568 Authorizes county registers of deeds in Shelby County to redact Social Security numbers from recorded documents at the request of certain persons and where practicable for the register. |
| Vermont | H.B. 724 Requires that verification of a person’s identity prior to the suspension of his or her motor vehicle operator’s license be premised on all four of the following identification criteria: name, date of birth, home address, and Social Security number. |
| Virginia | H.B. 1510 Continued to 2007 session Adds several other restrictions to the use of social security numbers (SSNs), including use of SSNs on the Internet, the sale, trade or other disclosure of SSNs, and the refusal to do business with an individual who refuses to disclose his SSN under certain circumstances. |
| S.B. 383 Continued to 2007 session 2/13/06 Repeals the sunset on the restrictions set out for personal information posted on a court Web site and broadens the restrictions to apply to records within a secure remote access system established for land records. Such restrictions include prohibiting the posting of any document that contains (i) an actual signature, (ii) a Social Security number, (iii) a date of birth identified with a particular person, (iv) the maiden name of a person’s parent so as to be identified with a particular person, (v) any financial account number or numbers, or (vi) the name and age of any minor child. The bill also repeals the stated intent of the General Assembly that all clerks provide secure remote access to land records on or before July 1, 2006. |
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| S.B. 445 Incorporated into S.B. 369 2/1/06 Removes the requirement that a decree of divorce include each party’s Social Security number. The Social Security number is included with other personal identifying information on an addendum filed with the decree. |
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| Washington | H.B. 2438 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. Provides that, if the director determines that an employer violated this act, the employer is subject to a civil penalty of at least one hundred dollars and not more than $250 for each violation. |
| H.B. 2750 Prohibits county auditors from publicly disclosing or otherwise allowing public access to federal Social Security numbers contained in any documents, records, or files maintained by county auditors, unless the individual to whom the Social Security number is assigned gives his or her express written consent to disclose the number or disclosure of the number is requested by a federal, state, or local agency. Requires county auditors to assess a $1 surcharge for each recorded document, to be used for the administrative and technological costs associated with creating a system that ensures the removal of Social Security numbers from documents filed with county auditors that are subject to disclosure, and terminates the surcharge provision on July 1, 2011. Exempts federal Social Security numbers from disclosure under the Public Records Act unless the individual to whom the social security number is assigned gives his or her express written consent to disclose the number or disclosure is requested by a federal, state, or local agency. |
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| S.B. 6890 Provides that, prior to requesting an individual’s Social Security number, all private and public business enterprises must state that the request is not mandatory and that no penalty for withholding this information can be exacted on the individual by the business enterprise. All organizations holding Social Security numbers that have not been specifically granted the authority by federal or state law to possess this information must purge their files of these numbers within one hundred twenty days of the effective date of this act. |
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| West Virginia | H.B. 4281 Relates to consumer protection generally; ensures clean credit information and identity theft protection; defines certain terms; provides a security freeze procedure; provides protection for credit header information; establishes a right to file a police report on identity theft; declaration of innocence for crimes committed by identity thieves; consumer credit monitoring; security breaches; protection of Social Security numbers; prohibits credit scoring and insurance scoring for use in insurance decisions; requires adequate destruction of certain personal records; and provides for fines, criminal penalties and civil actions for violations. |
| H.B. 4532 Relates to the prohibition of the West Virginia director of the Division of Natural Resources from obtaining an applicant’s social security number when issuing a license to hunt, fish and trap. |
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| Wisconsin | A.B. 474 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 5/11/06 Prohibits a seller of goods at retail from requesting a customer’s 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. |
| A.B. 738 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 5/11/06 Prohibits an applicant’s Social Security number from being used for the purpose of identifying the applicant on any examination for a position in the state civil service system. Requires notification of unauthorized acquisition of computerized personal information. Prohibits a requests from merchants for customers’ Social Security numbers. Prohibits posting personal information in government records on the Internet. Requires custodians of certain public records to redact Social Security numbers. Prohibits an employer from providing access to employee records that contain Social Security numbers. Prohibits a register of deeds from recording documents that contain Social Security numbers. |
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| S.B. 397 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 5/11/06 Creates a domestic partnership in law; requires Social Security numbers for the application for declaration of domestic partnership. |
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| S.B. 581 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 5/11/06 This bill does the following: 1) makes changes regarding mail theft and identity theft; 2) makes changes regarding the use of Social Security numbers by businesses and employers; and 3) allows individuals to restrict access to their credit reports. Creates an additional penalty for cases in which the offender sought to obtain something of value or to avoid civil or criminal process or penalties and in which the victim was selected because he or she was a vulnerable adult or was disabled, elderly, or under the age of 18. The additional penalty increases the maximum fine by $5,000 and increases the maximum term of imprisonment by five years. |
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