STAND. COM. REP. NO. 859-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1877
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1877, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFORMATIONAL PRIVACY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure an individual's
constitutional right to privacy while providing for the
reasonable exchange of information with adequate safeguards to
protect its appropriate use.

     Specifically, this bill establishes the Hawaii Information
Privacy Act that provides standards for the protection of
personal information in those portions of the business community
that are not already subject to privacy laws and regulations.

     The Office of Information Practices testified in support of
the intent of this measure.  The Hawaii Association of Realtors,
the Hawaii Bankers Association, and Associated Credit Bureaus,
Inc., opposed this measure.  The Hawaii Government Employees
Association, the Legislative Information Services of Hawaii, and
the Retail Merchants of Hawaii submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.


 
 
 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1877, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1877, H.D.
2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair