STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2838

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2738

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2738 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to protect personal information of individuals by requiring county police departments and the Department of Transportation to ensure that information stored on an unclaimed electronic device is removed before providing the device to a finder, or recycling or disposing of the device.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Office of Enterprise Technology Services, Office of Consumer Protection, Honolulu Police Department, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that the disclosure of certain personal information can contribute to identity theft and should therefore be removed from unclaimed electronic devices, in accordance with recognized standards and guidelines, before those devices are provided to finders, recycled, or disposed.

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

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

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair