STAND. COM. REP. NO.  533

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 678

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 678, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFORMATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to assist individuals who may become victims of identity theft and other related crimes by requiring any government agency responsible for a security breach to pay the costs of providing each person whose personal information was disclosed with, at a minimum, a three-year subscription to a nationwide reporting agency's services.

 

     The Consumer Data Industry Association supported the intent of this bill.  The Department of Accounting an General Services and the Department of Human Resources of the City and County of Honolulu opposed this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Extending consumer protections to those who have received notification of a security breach; and

 

     (2)  Exempting the national credit reporting services from the state procurement laws so that commercial credit monitoring services can be provided in a timely manner.

 

 

 

 

     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 H.B. No. 678, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 678, H.D. 2.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair