STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1855-18

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 Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2738, S.D. 1, H.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 protect the personal information of individuals by requiring county police departments and the Department of Transportation to sanitize unclaimed electronic devices before returning the device to the finder or disposing of the device by public auction or other means.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Department of Transportation, Office of Enterprise Technology Services, and Honolulu Police Department testified in support of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2738, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair