STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2685

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2419

       S.D. 2

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 2419, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to allow the scanning and retention of personal information contained in a Hawaii identification card or driver's license by certain specified entities for limited purposes.

     Your Committee did not receive testimony on this measure.

     Your Committee finds that identity theft is a serious crime with lasting negative repercussions on the life of the person whose identity is stolen.  A frequently used source of identity theft is information contained on an individual's certificate of identification or driver's license.  The widespread use of such personal identification has made it relatively easy for thieves to gain access to sensitive information of innocent victims; therefore, your Committee finds that limiting the use and retention of certificate of identification or driver's license information promotes the privacy interests of individuals and eliminates a potential source of information for identity thieves.

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2419, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2419, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair