STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1477

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 331

      S.D. 3

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Legislative Management and Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 331, S.D. 3, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRONIC DATA AND INFORMATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to prevent identity theft by supporting the efforts of the Identity Theft Task Force to develop additional deterrents, especially those related to the compromise of electronic data and information as well as social security numbers in public records.  This bill appropriates funds for the Office of the Auditor to continue to provide research and support services.

     The Consumer Data Industry Association, Retail Merchants of Hawaii, Hawaii Financial Services Association, and concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Legislative Management and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 331, S.D. 3, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Legislative Management and Judiciary,

____________________________ TOMMY WATERS, Chair

____________________________ MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair