STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1228-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2738

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 2738, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require that unclaimed electronic devices that may contain personal information be sanitized to remove any personal information prior to being returned to a finder, disposed of, auctioned, or recycled by county police departments or the Department of Transportation.

The Office of Consumer Protection of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Office of Enterprise Technology Services, Department of Transportation, Honolulu Police Department, and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050 to promote further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2738, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2738, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair