US Introduced Social Security Number Legislation Resource – 2007 Session in United States
US Introduced Social Security Number Legislation Resource – 2007 Session
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| Alabama | H.B. 178 Passed House 4/26/07 Requires that as a condition to recording certain documents relating to real or personal property as public record with the probate office, the recorder redact, remove, or otherwise make illegible any Social Security number or birthdate appearing in connection with a person’s name on the documents. This bill authorizes a judge of probate to redact, remove, or otherwise make illegible a Social Security number or birthdate appearing on certain recorded documents relating to real or personal property recorded after the effective date of this act. |
| S.B. 226 Indefinitely postponed 5/29/07 Requires that as a condition to recording certain documents relating to real or personal property as public record with the probate office, the recorder redact, remove, or otherwise make illegible any Social Security number or birthdate appearing in connection with a person’s name on the documents. This bill authorizes a judge of probate to redact, remove, or otherwise make illegible a Social Security number or birthdate appearing on certain recorded documents relating to real or personal property recorded after the effective date of this act. |
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| Alaska | H.B. 31 Relates to breaches of security involving personal information, credit report and credit score security freezes, consumer credit monitoring, credit accuracy, protection of Social Security numbers, care of records, disposal of records, identity theft, furnishing consumer credit header information, credit cards, and debit cards, and to the jurisdiction of the office of administrative hearings. |
| H.B. 65 Relates to breaches of security involving personal information, credit report and credit score security freezes, consumer credit monitoring, credit accuracy, protection of Social Security numbers, care of records, disposal of records, identity theft, furnishing consumer credit header information, credit cards, and debit cards, and to the jurisdiction of the office of administrative hearings. |
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| H.B. 121 Passed House 3/21/07 Prohibits the release of the employee’s name, address, Social Security number, electronic mail address, and telephone number contained on any of the divisions’ files,’ the Workmen’s Compensation Board’s files, and the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Commission files. |
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| S.B. 21 Relates to breaches of security involving personal information, credit report and credit score security freezes, consumer credit monitoring, credit accuracy, protection of Social Security numbers, care of records, disposal of records, identity theft, furnishing consumer credit header information, credit cards, and debit cards, and to the jurisdiction of the office of administrative hearings. |
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| Arizona | H.B. 2260 Prohibits employers from printing an employee’s Social Security number on any of the following: the employee’s paycheck, any attachment to the employee’s paycheck, a notice of deposit of the employee’s wages in a financial institution, or a notice of credit of the employee’s wages to a debit or credit card account. |
| California | A.B. 689 Requires employers to verify each new employee’s Social Security number and to provide specified reports to the Economic Development Department showing the name and Social Security number of each employee. This bill imposes on an employer a quarterly fine of $20 for each employee for whom the employer has not provided a valid Social Security number, and a fine of $10,000 for an employer who commits a specified fraud. Provides a tax credit of $5 to an employer for each employee for whom a valid Social Security number has been provided to the board. |
| A.B. 703 Prohibits a person or entity from using a Social Security number as an identifier, except as required by federal or state law. The bill also requires that records containing Social Security numbers be discarded or destroyed in a specified manner, and requires the encryption or locked storage of records containing Social Security numbers. |
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| S.B. 182 Existing law requires a driver’s license application to contain the applicant’s Social Security number and any other number or identifier determined to be appropriate. The Social Security number collected on a driver’s license application is prohibited from being displayed on the driver’s license or being included in the magnetic tape or strip used to store data on the license. This bill makes technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. |
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| S.B. 216 Existing law requires an abstract of a judgment or decree requiring the payment of money to contain, among other things, the Social Security number and driver’s license number of the judgment debtor if they are known to the judgment creditor, as specified. Existing law also requires an abstract of a judgment ordering a party to pay spousal, child, or family support to contain, among other things, the Social Security number, birth date, and driver’s license number of the party who is ordered to pay support, as specified. This bill deletes the requirement that those abstracts contain the Social Security number of the judgment debtor or party ordered to pay support, and instead requires only the last four digits of that person’s Social Security number. |
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| S.B. 741 Passed Senate 4/26/07 Encourages, from January 1, 2008, to June 30, 2008, inclusive, a school district that has the ability to omit the Social Security number and birth date of a pupil from materials, including, but not limited to, a written report indicating the grades received by the pupil, that it mails to the residence of the pupil, or to any one or more individuals authorized, as verified by the school of attendance of the pupil, to receive those mailings, to do so. Commencing July 1, 2008, a school district would be prohibited from including the Social Security number or birth date of a pupil on materials that it mails to the residence of the pupil or to any one or more individuals authorized, as verified by the school of attendance of the pupil, to receive those mailings. A school district that chooses to, or is required to, change the software or other technological means of managing personal pupil information, including, but not limited to, the Social Security number and birth date of a pupil, would be required to ensure that the new means of managing that information automatically omits the Social Security number and birth date of a pupil from materials that it mails to the residence of the pupil or to any one or more individuals authorized, as verified by the school of attendance of the pupil, to receive those mailings. |
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| Connecticut | H.B. 5219 Failed Joint Favorable deadline 3/13/07 Requires individuals and business entities who maintain records containing Social Security numbers of other persons to delete such numbers from their records not later than January 1, 2010, with the exception of employers, who may continue to maintain records containing Social Security numbers of their employees. |
| H.B. 5220 Failed Joint Favorable deadline 3/13/07 Requires a business entity that contracts for the purpose of outsourcing jobs or tasks to utilize encryption to ensure the confidentiality of Social Security numbers such business maintains in electronic data files and to subject a noncomplying business to a fine of $5,000. |
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| H.B. 5491 Failed Joint Favorable deadline 3/15/07 Prohibits health insurers from using the Social Security numbers of their insureds as policy numbers for such insureds. |
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| H.B. 5992 Failed Joint Favorable deadline 3/30/07 Requires that police reports that are released to the public exclude dates of birth, license numbers and Social Security numbers of any person not convicted of a crime. |
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| H.B. 6806 Failed Joint Favorable deadline 3/13/07 Restricts the use of Social Security numbers in consumer transactions with companies and vendors and to establish stricter standards under which Social Security numbers may be requested and used by such companies and vendors. |
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| H.B. 6922 Failed Joint Favorable deadline 3/26/07 Prohibits justices of the peace from collecting Social Security number information. |
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| S.B. 233 Failed Joint Favorable deadline 3/8/07 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. |
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| S.B. 256 Failed Joint Favorable deadline 3/26/07 Eliminates the requirement that physicians include their Social Security numbers on health insurance claim forms, and specifically authorize physicians to use personal identification numbers on such claim forms. |
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| S.B. 821 Protects an individual’s privacy and reduce the opportunity for identity theft by enacting provisions consistent with the Federal Privacy Act of 1974 to require state and local agencies, including state colleges and universities, that request an individual’s Social Security number to disclose whether providing such number is mandatory or voluntary, the authority for making such request and the uses to which such number will be made. |
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| Florida | H.B. 375 Died in committee 5/4/07 S.B. 1340 Provides exemption from public records requirements for identification and location information of active or former EMTs or paramedics certified in compliance with Medical Telecommunications & Transportation law and spouses and children of such EMTs and paramedics; provides for future review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity. |
| H.B. 1213 Died 5/4/07 S.B. 2818 Died in committee 5/4/07 Creates additional general exemption from requirements governing inspection and copying of public records; defines “personal identification information” for purposes of act; provides that any portion of public record held by agency that contains personal identification information of individual is confidential and exempt from public records requirements; provides for retroactive application of exemption. |
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| S.B. 1346 Died in committee 5/4/07 Revises general state policy concerning public records in order to conform to provisions of State Constitution governing public records; deletes provision specifying certain public-record exemptions that apply to public records made part of court file; provides that Social Security numbers and financial account numbers are exempt from public-record requirements to conform to changes made by act. |
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| S.B. 1348 Died in committee 5/4/07 Amends specified provision regarding exemptions for public-records requirements for Social Security and financial account numbers held by clerks of circuit court and county recorders; clarifies provisions requiring that county recorder use his or her best efforts to redact such information after January 1, 2008; saves exemptions from repeal under OGSR Act; deletes provisions that provide for repeal of exemptions. |
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| Georgia | H.B. 284 Provides that Social Security numbers shall be redacted from vital records and withheld from public inspection; provides for exceptions. |
| Hawaii | S.B. 331 Passed Senate 3/6/07 Appropriates funds to the office of the auditor for research and support services necessary to develop additional deterrents for identity theft, and in particular, those related to the compromise of electronic data and information, and Social Security numbers in public records. |
| S.B. 1081 Requires that all financial disclosures filed with the commission on judicial conduct to be posted on the Internet by the judiciary. Requires that personal information be redacted prior to posting on the Internet. |
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| Illinois | H.B. 573 Passed House 3/8/07 Creates the Identity Protection Act. Prohibits a state or local government agency from using an individual’s Social Security number in certain ways, subject to various exceptions. Requires each state or local government agency to develop and implement an identity protection plan. Provides that any employee of a state or local government agency who intentionally violates the provisions of the Act is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Preempts the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the state. |
| H.B. 716 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. 986 Passed House 3/22/07 Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Prohibits an insurance company or a health care facility from using a patient’s Social Security number as the patient’s identification number or in any mailings sent to the patient, except as required by federal regulations. |
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| H.B. 1157 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. 1235 Passed House 3/20/07 Amends the Military Code of Illinois and the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Provides that no employee of the Department of Military Affairs or the Department of Veterans Affairs may remove sensitive material, including without limitation material containing Social Security numbers of or other personal information concerning veterans or their families, from Department offices without authorization. |
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| H.B. 1274 Amends the Personal Information Protection Act. Prohibits a person or entity, not including a state or local agency, from: (i) publicly posting or publicly displaying in any manner an individual’s Social Security number; (ii) printing an individual’s Social Security number on any card required for the individual to access products or services provided by the person or entity; (iii) requiring an individual to transmit his or her 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 or her 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 Web site; or (v) 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. Makes an exception for applications and forms sent by mail to include Social Security numbers. Provides that a person or entity, not including a state or local agency, that has used, prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act, an individual’s Social Security number in a manner inconsistent with the listed provisions, may continue using that individual’s Social Security number in that manner if all of the listed conditions are met. Provides that the use of a Social Security number is not prohibited for the collection, use, or release of a Social Security number as required by state or federal law or the use of a social security number for internal verification or administrative purposes. |
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| H.B. 1483 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. 2621 Amends the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a section concerning Social Security numbers. |
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| H.B. 2793 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. 3252 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. 3684 Amends the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a section concerning Social Security numbers. |
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| H.B. 3689 Amends the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act. Makes a technical change to a section concerning Social Security numbers on license applications. |
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| H.B. 3691 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. 3693 Amends the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a section concerning Social Security numbers. |
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| H.B. 3707 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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| S.B. 403 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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| S.B. 571 Passed Senate 3/15/07 Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to change the repeal date of the Real Estate License Act of 2000 from January 1, 2010 to January 1, 2017. Amends the Real Estate License Act of 2000. Replaces references to “OBRE” with “Department of Professional Regulation” and references to “Commissioner” with “Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation” throughout the Act. Adds provisions concerning an applicant’s Social Security number or tax identification number; the application and requirements for licensure as a leasing agent; the requirements for licensure as a salesperson; the requirements for licensure as a broker; good moral character; change of address; injunctions, criminal offenses, and cease and desist orders; and criminal violations. |
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| S.B. 1149 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. 1374 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. 1487 Passed House 6/1/07 Creates the Identity Protection Act. Prohibits a state or local government agency from using an individual’s social security number in certain ways, subject to various exceptions. Requires each state or local government agency to develop and implement an identity protection plan. Provides that any employee of a state or local government agency who intentionally violates the provisions of the Act is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Preempts the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the state. |
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| S.B. 1521 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. 1613 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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| Iowa | H.F. 662 Provides that the department of revenue shall not require that a taxpayer include a Social Security number on a check or other financial instrument for the payment of taxes which is submitted with a tax return. |
| H.S.B. 78 Provides that a person may demand that a county recorder remove any personally identifiable information that is located on the county recorder’s Internet Web site. The bill provides that a person who enters personallyidentifiable information in a document that is recorded is liable for damages of up to $500 for each act of recording. However, the recorder cannot be held liable for any such claims. |
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| H.S.B. 141 Creates the Iowa Public Records Privacy Commission in the Department of Cultural Affairs to review record retention and destruction procedures used by various governmental bodies, including the state, counties, cities, townships, school corporations, and other boards, commissions, and councils that are subject to the Open Records Law in Code chapter 22. The bill designates voting and nonvoting persons to serve on the commission. The commission is directed to consider the practicability of mandating retention and destruction procedures that governmental bodies would use for records containing personal information or for those records defined by law as confidential records. On or before October 31, 2008, the commission is required to report its findings and recommendations to the governor and General Assembly. The bill defines “personal information” as a person’s first name or initial and last name in combination with any one or more specific data elements, including a Social Security number, driver’s license number, financial account number with password, and unique biometric data, that relate to the person, if neither the name nor the data elements are encrypted, redacted, or otherwise made unreadable. The Code section creating the commission is repealed on June 30, 2009. |
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| H.S.B. 193 Amends the “Open Records Act”, Code chapter 22, as follows: New Code §22.21. While government bodies may lawfully obtain a person’s Social Security number, the bill specifically directs government bodies not to disclose a person’s Social Security number and to take steps to exclude Social Security numbers from public records. For Social Security numbers contained in public records, the bill requires the government body to redact such numbers prior to the public’s access to that record. The bill further directs the government body to adopt rules or guidelines, as appropriate, to administer the use and disclosure of Social Security numbers. The bill provides remedies to enforce the requirements of and provide redress for violations Code §22.21, above. Existing enforcement and penalty provisions in Code §§22.5 and 22.6, respectively, will also apply to redress violations of Code §22.21. |
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| S.F. 51 Prohibits a person from filing a court document with a Social Security number unless otherwise required by lawor necessary to the case. The bill allows a person to request that the clerk of court redact a Social Security number already contained in a court document. Upon a specific request, the clerk of the district court, the court of appeals, or the supreme court shall redact the number from a court document. |
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| S.F. 208 Provides that a person may demand that a county recorder remove any personally identifiable information that is located on the county recorder’s Internet Web site. The bill provides that a person who enters personally identifiable information in a document that is recorded is liable for damages of up to $500 for each act of recording. However, the recorder cannot be held liable for any such claims. |
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| S.S.B. 1150 Creates the Iowa Public Records Privacy Commission in the Department of Cultural Affairs to review record retention and destruction procedures used by various governmental bodies, including the state, counties, cities,townships, school corporations, and other boards, commissions, and councils that are subject to the Open Records Law in Code chapter 22. The bill designates voting and nonvoting persons to serve on the commission.The commission is directed to consider the practicability of mandating retention and destruction procedures thatgovernmental bodies would use for records containing personal information or for those records defined by law as confidential records. On or before October 31, 2008, the commission is required to report its findings andrecommendations to the governor and General Assembly. The bill defines “personal information” as a person’s first name or initial and last name in combination with any one or more specific data elements, including a Social Security number, driver’s license number, financial account number with password, and unique biometric data, that relate to the person, if neither the name nor the data elements are encrypted, redacted, or otherwise made unreadable. The Code section creating the commission is repealed on June 30, 2009. |
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| S.S.B. 1191 Becomes S.F. 208 2/19/07 Provides that a person may demand that a county recorder remove any personally identifiable information that is located on the county recorder’s Internet Web site. The bill provides that a person who enters personally identifiable information in a document that is recorded is liable for damages of up to $500 for each act of recording. However, the recorder cannot be held liable for any such claims. |
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| S.S.B. 1223 Amends the “Open Records Act”, Code chapter 22, as follows: New Code §22.21. While government bodies may lawfully obtain a person’s Social Security number, the bill specifically directs government bodies not to disclose a person’s Social Security number and to take steps to exclude Social Security numbers from public records. For Social Security numbers contained in public records, the bill requires the government body to redact such numbers prior to the public’s access to that record. The bill further directs the government body to adopt rules or guidelines, as appropriate, to administer the use and disclosure of Social Security numbers. The bill provides remedies to enforce the requirements of and provide redress for violations Code §22.21, above. Existing enforcement and penalty provisions in Code §§22.5 and 22.6, respectively, will also apply to redress violations of Code §22.21. |
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| Kansas | H.B. 2548 Passed House 3/28/07 Requires applicants for licenses, certifications, registrations, or renewals with state boards to provide their Social Security number (SSN) or tax identification number (TIN). |
| S.B. 91 Requires applicants for licenses, certifications, registrations, or renewals with state boards to provide their Social Security number (SSN) or tax identification number (TIN). |
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| Kentucky | H.B. 7 Passed House 2/22/07 Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to create definitions related to identity theft; restricts certain uses by businesses of a consumer’s Social Security number subject to certain exceptions, to delay the effective date to July 1, 2008, and to make a violation subject to the same remedies, duties, powers and penalties as violations of the Consumer Protection Act; requires an agency or business to give notice to a person whose personal information was acquired in a security breach subject to certain exceptions, to make a waiver void and unenforceable, and to declare that a violation is subject to the same remedies, duties, powers and penalties as violations of the Consumer Protection Act; requires an agency or business to take certain measures to safeguard against security breaches subject to certain exceptions, and to declare that a violation is subject to the same remedies, duties, powers and penalties as violations of the Consumer Protection Act; declares that the provisions regarding business use of Social Security numbers, security breach notices, and safeguarding against security breaches do not limit the power to enforce criminal or civil statutes or the right to bring civil actions, and to provide venue for civil actions brought by the attorney general regarding violations; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to require a law enforcement agency to take a complaint and provide a copy of the police report to a complainant who has learned or reasonably suspects that his or her identity or personal information has been used without consent in the commission of a criminal offense; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish an expedited Circuit Court procedure for a person whose identity or personal information has been used without consent in the commission of a criminal offense to get a determination that he or she is a victim of identity theft, and to require that the court filing fee be the same as for filing a small claims case; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish an expedited procedure allowing a person who has been charged with a crime because another person used his or her identifying information, and who has been found not guilty or the charges have been dismissed, to make a motion to the Court to redact his or her identifying information from certain records and to establish a procedure restricting access and inspection of those records; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to restrict certain uses by agencies of a person’s Social Security number, and to prohibit the inclusion of a person’s Social Security number in documents filed or recorded with an agency, subject to certain exceptions, to establish a procedure to request redaction of a Social Security number shown in official records on an agency’s Internet Web site subject to certain exceptions, and to delay the effective date to July 1, 2008; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 434 to create definitions and establish a Class D felony offense for “phishing,” which is using the Internet to induce a person to provide identifying information by representing without authorization that the requester is another person; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to provide a civil cause of action against a person who “phishes,” to allow injunctive relief, damages up to the greater of actual damages or $25,000 for each violation, treble damages in certain circumstances, and reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs to a prevailing plaintiff to subject violations to the remedies, powers, and duties of the Consumer Protection Act, and to establish a statute of limitations; amends KRS 365.720 relating to disposal of records to create a definition for “agency” and delete the definition for “customer”; amends KRS 365.725 to extend the application of the records disposal provisions to agencies and to make the provisions applicable to all records; amends KRS 15.334 to require law enforcement basic training regarding identity theft; amends KRS 411.210 to extend the civil cause of action for victims of certain identity-theft-related crimes to persons whose identity or personal information has been used without consent in the commission of a criminal offense, and to extend the statute of limitations to the later of five years or the date of discovery of the violation or the identity of the perpetrator of the violation; amends KRS 514.160 to provide that the crime of theft of identity applies to use of a live or deceased person’s identity, to increase the types of identifying information protected, and to delete the exclusion of credit or debit card fraud crimes; amends KRS 525.080 to provide that the crime of harassing communications applies whether the perpetrator is using the perpetrator’s own or another person’s identity. |
| H.B. 257 Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to define “qualified senior citizen,” “eligible taxpayer”, “chronically ill individual” and “activities of daily living”; “modified adjusted gross income”; allows a nonrefundable “elder care” income tax credit for persons who care for a qualified senior citizen in their homes or the caregiver’s home; provides that the caregiver include the name and Social Security number of the qualified senior citizen and notarized doctor’s statement with the return claiming the credit or other form as required by the Department of Revenue. |
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| S.B. 9 Amends KRS 18A.030 to require the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to substitute personal identification numbers for Social Security numbers to identify state employees, and prohibits the public disclosure of employee personal identification numbers. |
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| S.B. 84 Amends KRS 281A.080 to require an employer to notify the Transportation Cabinet following the receipt of confirmation of a positive drug test of an employee required to be tested pursuant to Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations; amends KRS 281A.190 to require the cabinet to suspend a driver from operating a commercial motor vehicle upon receipt of notice from an employer; provides that the suspension continue until proof that an assessment and treatment has been received by the cabinet. |
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| Maine | L.D. 1017 Prohibits a state agency from using a Social Security number for the sole purpose of identifying a person in order to provide services to that person or to take enforcement action against that person. |
| L.D. 1453 Requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to develop a plan allowing the State, a political subdivision, a private business or other person to request but not require a social security number from a person, except for necessary uses such as for tax, paternity, child support enforcement or credit reporting matters, and prohibits penalizing persons for refusing to give their social security numbers. |
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| L.D. 1730 Prohibits a business operating in this State that has received a person’s social security number in order to complete an application for credit from using the number as a form of customer identification and requires the business to restrict access to the social security number to the business’s credit department. |
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| Maryland | H.B. 646 S.B. 528 Provides that any person who intentionally discloses a Social Security number as part of the public record of a marriage license application is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000. |
| Massachusetts | H.B. 328 Authorizes a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze at the request of a consumer; regulates the use of Social Security numbers. |
| H.B. 333 Relates to identity theft in the commonwealth; authorizes identity theft victims to report identity theft to local law enforcement; creates a division of privacy protection; regulates the use of Social Security numbers. |
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| H.B. 1476 Prohibits a person from requiring the disclosure or use of the Social Security number of any individual, unless expressly authorized by state or federal law, the citation of which shall be specified to the individual at the time of the disclosure or use. |
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| Michigan | H.B. 4241 Relates to entry of a Social Security number on a marriage license application; clarifies that a county clerk is not to accept noncomplying applications. |
| H.B. 4515 Passed House 5/29/07 Requires redaction of Social Security numbers in certified copies of documents submitted to register of deeds for recordation unless prohibited by law. |
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| H.B. 4516 Passed House 5/29/07 Requires redaction of Social Security numbers by person submitting document in documents submitted to register of deeds for recordation unless prohibited by law. |
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| H.B. 4518 Passed House 5/29/07 Requires redaction of Social Security numbers in judgments submitted to register of deeds for recordation unless prohibited by law. |
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| H.B. 4520 Passed House 5/29/07 Requires that Social Security numbers be redacted from documents submitted to register of deeds unless otherwise required. |
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| S.B. 300 Passed Senate 5/17/07 Requires redaction of Social Security numbers when submitting documents to the register of deeds for recordation unless prohibited by law. |
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| S.B. 302 Passed Senate 5/17/07 Requires redaction of Social Security numbers in affidavits when submitting documents to the register of deeds for recordation unless prohibited by law. |
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| Minnesota | H.F. 131 S.F. 793 Restricts the use of Social Security numbers. |
| S.F. 2032 Relates to data practices; amends a Social Security number data practice provision. |
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| Mississippi | H.B. 535 Died in committee 1/30/07 Provides that the application for registration of electors contain an applicant’s Social Security number. |
| H.B. 536 Died in committee 1/30/07 Requires the centralized database of registered voters to include the Social Security number of each registered voter in the state. |
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| S.B. 2089 Died on calendar 2/12/07 Creates the “Mississippi Clean Credit and Identity Theft Protection Act”; defines certain terms; authorizes consumers to place a security freeze on their credit files; limits the release or sharing of credit header information; provides a consumer with the right to file a police report regarding identity theft with the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over his actual residence; provides identity theft victims with the right to obtain a court ordered factual declaration of innocence and creates a statewide criminal identity theft registry; requires notice to consumers in the event that security of data has been breached; limits the use of Social Security numbers; prohibits insurers from using information regarding a consumer’s creditworthiness for the purpose of determining rates for insurance or eligibility for coverage; regulates the disposal of records containing personal information. |
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| Missouri | H.B. 398 Withdrawn 2/14/07 Extends the prohibition on the disclosure of Social Security numbers. |
| Montana | H.B. 749 Died in committee 4/27/07 Regulates the storage and display of Social Security numbers by governmental entities; prohibits the use of Social Security numbers on insurance cards; provides penalties. |
| S.B. 33 Passed Senate 2/6/07 Requires state and local government agencies to develop procedures regarding the use of Social Security numbers and to provide notification of a computer security breach of a government agency or third party contracting with government. |
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| Nebraska | L.B. 306 Requires that Social Security numbers in court orders should only contain the last four digits. The first five digits would be represented by asterisks. |
| New York | A.B. 334 Passed Assembly 6/14/07 S.B. 2528 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. |
| A.B. 1108 Vetoed by governor 8/1/07 S.B. 4393 Substituted 6/21/07 Limits the use of Social Security numbers for identification of employees. |
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| A.B. 1683 Prohibits the use of Social Security numbers by an organization or governmental agency for identification purposes of individuals; defines terms pertaining to such. |
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| A.B. 3076 Substituted 6/13/07 S.B. 4565 Vetoed by governor 7/3/07 Prohibits employers from using an employee’s Social Security number for identification purposes. |
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| A.B. 3335 Enacting clause stricken 4/20/07 S.B. 2592 Relates to the redaction of 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. 3750 S.B. 1444 Prohibits the use of social security numbers for identification purposes of individuals. |
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| A.B. 4365 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. 5184 Provides that businesses shall not require a consumer’s Social Security number to lease or purchase products, goods or services from the business; exceptions; businesses that use a consumer’s Social Security number shall implement internal policies to protect the consumer. |
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| A.B. 5276 S.B. 3867 Restricts the availability and use of the entirety of a person’s Social Security number. |
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| A.B. 5327 Prohibits employers from putting Social Security numbers on checks, drafts or vouchers issued to employees. |
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| A.B. 6120 S.B. 957 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. 6789 Prohibits employers from putting social security numbers on checks, drafts or vouchers issued to employees. |
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| S.B. 1445 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. 1448 Passed Senate 3/13/07 Establishes the crimes of unlawful purchase or 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. 1772 Passed Senate 3/12/07 Requires the division of criminal justice services to maintain a record of the Social Security number, license plate number, motor vehicle description, employment address and criminal history of sex offenders. |
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| S.B. 4568 Prohibits the public disclosure of drivers’ license numbers, non-drivers identification card numbers, dates of birth and social security numbers in accident reports. |
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| S.B. 6346 Prohibits the inclusion of Social Security identification numbers in conveyances and relates to authorizing recording cover pages and fees therefore. |
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| S.B. 6399 Provides that the $5 filing fee charged by the county clerk for recording, entering, indexing and endorsing a certificate on any instrument shall include the cost of any cover page required by the county; authorizes counties, until July 1, 2009, to increase the fees therefor from $5 to $20, and from $3 to $4 for each additional page; prohibits the inclusion of the Social Security number or personal identification number on any document filed with the county clerk relating to real property; prohibits mortgage lending institutions from including such numbers on any conveyance intended to be recorded. |
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| North Dakota | S.B. 2198 Failed to pass Senate 2/12/07 Relates to the use of Social Security numbers on game and fish licenses and permits. |
| Ohio | H.B. 13 Passed House 10/9/07 Prohibits the inclusion of Social Security numbers on motor vehicle registration renewal notices. |
| S.B. 6 Passed Senate 10/24/07 Allows a consumer to place a security freeze on the consumer’s credit report, specifies that Social Security numbers are confidential, specifies that certain personal information is not a public record, requires a public office to redact from a document that is otherwise a public record certain personal information, requires 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, requires the Office of Criminal Justice Services to make state funding grants available to local law enforcement agencies for enforcement of identity fraud laws, requires the attorney general to support local law enforcement agencies with the enforcement of identity fraud laws, and enacts a special statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions and civil actions against identity fraud and amends the version of §149.43 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect September 29, 2007, to continue the provisions of this act on and after that effective date. |
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| Oklahoma | H.B. 1382 Creates the Identity Theft Protection Act; authorizes preparation and filing of identity theft incident report; directs that a copy of the report be provided to victim; allows report to be shared with other jurisdictions; defines term; provides certain exception for identity theft incident reports; prohibits certain acts by persons or entities; provides exceptions; provides penalty; authorizes filing of civil suit; defines terms; requires businesses to use reasonable measures to protect certain information; states reasonable measures; requires written policy for destruction or disposal of records; provides penalty; authorizes filing of civil suit. |
| S.B. 840 Allows certain refusal of state retention of Social Security numbers. |
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| Oregon | S.B. 475 Prohibits a person from disclosing or transferring Social Security numbers. Creates exceptions. Punishes a violation by the maximum of one year’s imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Creates a cause of action for a violation. Prohibits a public body from transferring Social Security numbers. Creates exceptions. Creates a cause of action for a violation. |
| Pennsylvania | H.B. 194 Prohibiting the use of full Social Security numbers on state forms. |
| H.B. 640 Deletes a provision requiring a Social Security number for a recreational license. |
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| H.B. 927 Amends the Tax Reform Code of 1971. Defines personal identification number as a taxpayer’s Social Security number or whatever other form of numerical identification prescribed, approved or used by the Department of Revenue. Provides that the department may not require a taxpayer to furnish more than the last four digits of the taxpayer’s personal identification number as part of a personal income tax return filing. |
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| H.B. 986 Relates to confidentiality of Social Security numbers. Prohibits a person or entity from encoding or embedding a Social Security number in or on a card or document, including, but not limited to, using a bar code, chip, magnetic strip or other technology, in place of removing the Social Security number. |
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| H.B. 1230 Passed House 7/5/07 Provides for publication of delinquent support obligors and for identifying information in protection from abuse orders. |
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| H.B. 1687 Provides for income eligibility verification system and for fraud detection system. Requires that as a condition ofreceiving assistance applicants and recipients supply their Social Security numbers. |
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| H.B. 1689 Regulating the use of credit reports, business records, Social Security numbers and other personal information. |
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| S.B. 149 Extends privacy provisions to certain confidential individual information, not just Social Security numbers. |
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| S.R. 10 Consents to the elimination of requirement to disclose nominees’ Social Security numbers for purposes of Senate Nominations Questionnaire. |
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| Rhode Island | H.B. 5087 Creates the Social Security Number Privacy Act, and provides guidelines and penalties for violation. |
| S.B. 288 Prevents any state of local government agency from denying any right, benefit, or privilege provided by law to an individual who refuses to disclose his or her Social Security number. |
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| South Carolina | H.B. 3035 Enacts 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 adds 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, as amended, 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. 8 Enacts the “Financial Identity Fraud and 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 adds 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 §1-11-490 so as to provide for disclosure by an agency of this state of unauthorized access to or acquisition of 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; adds §16-11-725 so as to make it unlawful to use another person’s household garbage for the purpose of committing financial or identity fraud; adds §16-13-512 so as to regulate the use of a cardholder’s Social Security number on a credit or debit card receipt; adds §39-1-90 so as to provide for disclosure by a person conducting business in this state of unauthorized access to or acquisition of the personal identifying information of a resident whose information the person owns of licenses and to provide for civil damages, attorney’s fees, and injunctive relief; amends §16-13-510, as amended, relating to the offense of financial identity fraud, so as to add the elements of wilfulness and knowledge and to include the offense of identity fraud as the use of another’s information to avoid legal consequences or to obtain employment and to further define “identifying information”; and repeals §16-13-515, relating to identity fraud. |
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| S.B. 453 Passed Senate 2/22/07 Enacts the “Financial Identity Fraud and Identity Theft Protection Act”, adds 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 adds 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 §1-11-490 so as to provide for disclosure by an agency of this state of unauthorized access to or acquisition of 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; adds §16-11-725 so as to make it unlawful to use another person’s household garbage for the purpose of committing financial or identity fraud; adds §16-13-512 so as to regulate the use of a cardholder’s Social Security number on a credit or debit card receipt; adds §39-1-90 so as to provide for disclosure by a person conducting business in this state of unauthorized access to or acquisition of the personal identifying information of a resident whose information the person owns of licenses and to provide for civil damages, attorney’s fees, and injunctive relief; amends §16-13-510, as amended, relating to the offense of financial identity fraud, so as to add the elements of wilfullness and knowledge and to include the offense of identity fraud as the use of another’s information to avoid legal consequences or to obtain employment and to further define “identifying information”; and repeals §16-13-515, relating to identity fraud. |
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| S.B. 725 Adds §56-7-90 so as to prohibit a municipal law enforcement officer from requiring or requesting that a person charged by that officer with a traffic offense provide a Social Security number; and amends §12-56-20, as amended, relating to definitions, including the definition of “delinquent debt” for purposes of the setoff debt collection act, so as to provide that a delinquent debt does not include a fine, assessment, and costs resulting from conviction of a traffic offense in municipal court. |
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| South Dakota | S.B. 200 Passed Senate 2/7/07 Prohibits the state and its political subdivisions from releasing or posting Social Security numbers on the Internet or any other media or domain available to the public. |
| Tennessee | H.B. 188 S.B. 580 Removes the requirement that the Social Security numbers of the parties and of all children of the marriage be included in a divorce complaint. |
| H.B. 381 S.B. 256 Enacts the “Clean Credit and Identity Theft Protection Act of 2007.” This bill prohibits a person or entity, including a state or local agency, from: (1) Intentionally communicating or otherwise making available to the general public an individual’s Social Security number; (2) Printing a person’s Social Security number on any card required for the person to access products or services or on any material mailed to the individual, unless federal law requires that the number be on the document mailed; (3) Requiring a person to transmit the person’s Social Security number over the Internet, unless the connection is secure or the number is encrypted, the number is essential to the transaction, and no other identifier can reasonably be used; and (4) Refusing to do business with an individual because the individual will not consent to the receipt by such person or entity of the individual’s Social Security number. A person who violates the above provisions would be subject to a civil penalty of upon to $3,000. A knowing violation would be a Class A misdemeanor. Also, an individual may bring a civil action against a violator for actual damages or $5,000, whichever is greater, plus reasonable costs and attorney’s fees. |
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| H.B. 399 S.B. 937 Clarifies that, for purposes of child support enforcement, Social Security numbers held by the department of human services are not public records, that the gross annual income of a party is determined by reference to the most recent federal tax return, and that an individual has 15 days following a change in circumstances to report such information to the department. |
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| H.B. 1491 S.B. 2286 Prohibits motor vehicle rental agencies from requiring consumers to provide Social Security numbers; violation is a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $5,000. |
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| H.B. 1798 S.B. 520 Removes the requirement that a party’s Social Security number be included in certain court filings for guardianships and conservatorships. |
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| H.B. 2148 S.B. 1573 Requires strict protection of Social Security numbers in the possession of any businesses or government entities in this state; creates Class B misdemeanor for violation. |
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| H.B. 2272 S.B. 2225 Increases driver license application fee from $2.00 to $5.00; exempts persons applying for reinstatement of a cancelled, suspended, or revoked license from the eye test, unless their license has been expired in excess of one renewal cycle; prohibits the department of safety from disclosing Social Security numbers in certain circumstances. |
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| Texas | H.B. 59 Relates to the management, security, and protection of personal information and governmental records; regulates the use of Social Security numbers; provides a criminal penalty. |
| H.B. 2213 Relates to the use and disclosure of Social Security numbers by institutions of higher education. |
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| S.B. 434 Relates to the duty of a governmental body to redact the Social Security number of a living person from certain information the governmental body discloses under the public information law. |
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| S.B. 1005 Relating to the confidentiality of Social Security numbers maintained by certain governmental entities. |
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| Utah | H.B. 435 Enacting clause struck 2/28/07 Requires a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on the credit report of a child when the credit reporting agency learns of the issuance of a Social Security number to a child born in the state; allows the removal of a security freeze from a child’s credit report upon request of a parent or the child, if the child is 14 years of age or older; prevents a consumer reporting agency from charging a fee in connection with a security freeze on a child’s credit report. |
| Vermont | H.B. 86 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. |
| H.B. 397 Restricts public access to information contained on a death certificate, such as the decedent’s cause of death and Social Security number, except that the commissioner of health may permit access to such information, provided the person making the request establishes good cause for disclosure. |
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| Virginia | H.B. 2060 Tabled 1/16/07 Proscribes under the Personal Information Privacy Act and the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act the intentional communication to the general public of another’s Social Security number regardless of whether the Social Security number was obtained from a public record or from a private source. The bill adds a punishment for violation of the Personal Information Privacy Act subjecting a violator to civil penalties of $1,000 per day, with each day being a separate violation. |
| H.B. 2821 Exempts from the mandatory disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act those portions of records containing an individual’s social security number; except that access shall not be denied to the person who is the subject thereof. Any person who is the subject of any such record and who is 18 years of age or older may waive, in writing, these protections. If the protections are so waived, the public body shall open such records for inspection and copying. |
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| S.B. 819 Exempts from the mandatory disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act those portions of records containing personal information concerning an identifiable individual, including date of birth, Social Security number, driver’s license number, bank account numbers, credit or debit card numbers, personal identification numbers, electronic identification codes, automated or electronic signatures, biometric data, or fingerprints; except that access shall not be denied to the person who is the subject thereof. Any person who is the subject of any such record and who is 18 years of age or older may waive, in writing, these protections. If the protections are so waived, the public body shall open such records for inspection and copying. |
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| S.B. 823 Proscribes under the Personal Information Privacy Act and the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act the intentional communication to the general public of another’s Social Security number regardless of whether the Social Security number was obtained from a public record or from a private source. The bill adds a punishment for violation of the Personal Information Privacy Act subjecting a violator to civil penalties of $1,000 per day, with each day being a separate violation. |
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| S.B. 839 Withdrawn 1/25/07 Requires the use of the Social Security Administration’s Enumeration at Birth Program for the issuance of a Social Security number in conjunction with all live births occurring in the Commonwealth. |
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| Washington | H.B. 1932 Provides that the county auditor may not publicly disclose or otherwise allow public access to federal Social Security numbers contained in any documents, records, or files maintained by the auditor unless: (1) The individual to whom the federal Social Security number is assigned gives his or her express written consent for the disclosure of his or her federal Social Security number; or (2) The disclosure is requested by a federal, state, or local government agency. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2007, the county auditor is required to remove, or otherwise redact, the federal Social Security numbers from all documents, records, or files it posts on the internet, releases in response to a public records request or other requests for information, or otherwise allows for public inspection under chapter 42.56 RCW. Declares that it shall be unlawful for any person, business, or corporation to require an individual’s federal Social Security number as a requirement for doing business or providing a service unless that person, business, or corporation has the express privilege under federal or state law. Provides that, in addition to the penalties provided for in chapter 19.86 RCW, a person, business, or corporation that uses federal Social Security numbers without authorization shall be assessed a monetary penalty of $150 per day per violation. |
| H.B. 2278 Provides that a petition for guardianship or limited guardianship may not disclose the Social Security number, Medicare or Medicaid number, or financial account numbers of the alleged incapacitated person or a family member of the alleged incapacitated person. Provides that a hospital, a facility as defined in RCW 74.34.020, or any other entity that provides long-term care services, may not petition for, or request, or induce any other person to petition for, a guardianship or limited guardianship of an alleged incapacitated person who is, was, or will be either: (1) Temporarily staying at the facility, hospital, or other entity; or (2) A resident of the facility, hospital, or other entity. |
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| S.B. 5323 Requires 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. 2263 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. 2705 Relates generally to consumer credit and identity theft protection; defines certain terms; provides a procedure for consumers to implement a security freeze; provides for notice of consumer rights; provides for protection for consumer credit header information; provides for the right to file a police report in the event of security theft; requires a notice to consumers of information systems breach; provides for factual declaration of innocence after identity theft; protects Social Security numbers; provides for civil penalties for violations; provides for making a violation an unfair or deceptive act or practice; and provides for severability of the provisions of the article under certain circumstances. |
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| S.B. 507 Removes the requirement that Social Security numbers be placed on concealed weapons permits. |
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| Wisconsin | A.B. 11 Prohibits a seller of goods at retail from making such a request unless the seller is required to do so in issuing fish and game approvals as an agent of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Under current law, DNR is required to obtain the Social Security number from an applicant for a fish and game approval so that the state may determine whether the applicant is delinquent in the payment of certain state taxes or in the payment of child support or other court-ordered family support or birth expenses. If an applicant is delinquent or fails to provide his or her Social Security number, the agent must deny the application for the approval. |
| A.B. 102 Prohibits use of Social Security numbers on state civil service examinations, prohibits requests by merchants for customers’ Social Security numbers, posting certain personal information in government records on the Internet, prohibits access to certain public records and employer records containing the Social Security numbers of individuals, prohibits a register of deeds from recording certain instruments that contain more than a partial Social Security number, prohibits the number of credit inquiries as a factor in credit reports, granting rule-making authority, and provides penalties. |
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| A.B. 316 Prohibits an insurer, a risk-sharing plan, or any self-insured plan of the state or a city, village, town, or school district from using an individual’s Social Security number as a personal identifier, or as part of a personal identifier, of the individual for any insurance-related purpose. |
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