Date	Chamber	Action
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

New Act

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Security Breach Notification Act. Requires any person or business conducting business in the State, and that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information, to disclose any breach of the security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach in the security of the data to any person whose unencrypted personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been acquired by an unauthorized person. Requires any person or business that maintains computerized data that includes personal information that the person or business does not own, to notify the owner or licensee of the information of any breach of the security of the data immediately following discovery of such breach, if the personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been acquired by an unauthorized person. Provides that notice may be provided to a customer in one of the following ways: (1) written notice; (2) electronic notice; or (3) substitute notice if the person or business demonstrates that the cost of providing notice would exceed $250,000, or the affected class of persons to be notified exceeds 500,000, or the person or business does not have sufficient contact information. Provides a private right of action for a violation of the Act.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/24/2005	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
2/25/2005	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
2/25/2005	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
2/25/2005	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
2/25/2005	House	First Reading
2/25/2005	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/1/2005	House	Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
3/10/2005	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

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