CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 63-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2738

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2738, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FOUND ELECTRONIC DEVICES,"

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 and intent of this measure is to require county police departments and the Department of Transportation to sanitize unclaimed electronic devices, in accordance with recognized standards and guidelines, before providing the unclaimed property to finders or disposing of the property by public auction or other means.

Your Committee on Conference finds that protecting individuals' sensitive personal information is important for maintaining public safety. The many personal electronic devices that individuals use may contain copious amounts of a device owner's personal information. When these devices are lost, the personal information contained therein is potentially accessible by others, thereby putting the owner at risk. Under existing law, some local and state agencies are required to return unclaimed property to the finder of that property after forty-five days. However, existing laws do not require the applicable local or state agency to take steps to protect any personal information contained within found electronic devices before returning them to a finder or disposing of the devices through public auction or other means. Therefore, your Committee on Conference finds that state law needs to be updated to keep pace with technology and reflect the need to protect personal information on unclaimed electronic devices.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to upon approval.

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. 2738, 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. 2738, 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

____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI Co-Chair	____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA Chair
____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO Co-Chair	____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE Co-Chair
____________________________ TY J.K. CULLEN Co-Chair	____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH Co-Chair