STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 491
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2021
RE: H.B. No. 125
H.D. 2
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Higher Education & Technology, to which was referred H.B. No. 125, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM EMPLOYEE AND STUDENT ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Hawai‘i Civil Rights Commission, and Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation.
Your Committee finds that in recent
years there have been a number of reported incidents in which employers and educational
institutions have demanded and received access to non-public information from employees'
and students' personal online accounts. Your
Committee notes that ordinarily, individuals decide for themselves who will
have access to information that is not otherwise publicly available in their
social media profiles and other online accounts. However, employers and educational
institutions may have the power to coerce access to non-public information of
these individuals' personal online accounts.
This measure prevents employers and public and private educational
institutions from gaining such access.
Your Committee notes that this
measure adopts the Uniform Employee and Student Online Privacy Protection Act, which
was enacted by the Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation and developed by
the Uniform Law Commission with input from employers, educational institutions,
internet and other technology companies, and private organizations.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education & Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 125, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 125, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education & Technology,
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____________________________ GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair |
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