CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 151-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2008

RE:    S.B. No. 2803

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2803, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERSONAL INFORMATION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to implement the recommendations of the December 2007 report of the Hawaii Identity Theft Task Force to protect the security of personal information collected and maintained by state and county government agencies.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Placing the Information Privacy and Security Council within the Department of Accounting and General Services;

     (2)  Specifying the agencies represented on the Council;

     (3)  Authorizing the Comptroller to establish support positions;

     (4)  Requiring that the annual report of the Council be confidential and not disclosed publicly in any form;

     (5)  Deleting the appropriation to support the work of the Council;

     (6)  Expanding the third party personal information use contractual provisions;

     (7)  Adding a part on the protection of personal information by government agencies;

     (8)  Adding a part on a plan to reduce collection and use of social security numbers by government agencies;

     (9)  Changing the starting date for government agencies to develop written guidelines detailing recommended practices to minimize unauthorized access to personal information from January 1, 2009, to January 1, 2010;

    (10)  Establishing by July 1, 2008, within the Office of the Auditor, the five-member Identity Theft Task Force Working Group;

    (11)  Changing the effective date from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2008; and

    (12)  Making technical amendments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2803, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2803, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Co-Chair	____________________________ CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair
____________________________ BLAKE K. OSHIRO, Co-Chair	____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair
____________________________ JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Co-Chair	____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair