STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3334

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2666

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 2666, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERSONAL INFORMATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Amend the law relating to the unlawful use of identification cards or driver's licenses by:

 

          (A)  Authorizing the scanning of any identification card or driver's license, rather than only a Hawaii identification card or driver's license, for certain purposes; and

 

          (B)  Clarifying the reasonable doubt standard for proof of age; and

 

     (2)  Make permanent the amendments allowing a business to scan an individual's identification card or driver's license to verify age when providing age-restricted goods or services.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Consumer Protection of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Hawaii Food Industry Association; and Seven-Eleven Hawaii, Inc.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Customer Service of the City and County of Honolulu.

 

     Your Committee finds that identity theft is a serious crime with lasting negative repercussions for victims.  Information from a stolen state identification card or driver's license is valuable for identity thieves.  Minimizing the exposure of an individual's protected information is critical, and imposing reasonable restrictions on the scanning of driver's licenses and state identification cards promotes the privacy interests of individuals and limits exposure of personal information.  On the other hand, businesses selling age-restricted products and services greatly benefit from the ability to scan the identifications of all customers for the purpose of verifying age.  This measure balances the need to obtain personal information with the need to protect consumers.

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2666, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2666, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair