Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2158, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require that the first five digits of an individual's social security number contained in family court records or judgments affecting title to land be redacted prior to the records' release for public inspection.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Honolulu Police Department and the Hawaii Bankers Association. Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Judiciary and the Consumer Data Industry Association. Comments were submitted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

Your Committee finds that continued discussion should occur on the issue of protecting persons' identities and ensuring that the government is complying with open records laws. Further discussion on the logistical issues of redacting existing records will also be necessary.

Your Committee amended this measure to insert a defective effective date of July 1, 2050 for the purposes of continued discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2158, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2158, S.D. 2.