Privacy Legislation
Many bills on privacy issues are considered by the California Legislature each year. This page lists some of the currently pending bills. To get more information on the bills and their status, click on the link below and enter the bill number.
Current
Privacy Legislation
www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html
2000 Privacy Legislation Enacted
2000 Privacy Legislation Enacted
Unless otherwise noted, all laws go into effect January 1, 2001.
Identity Theft
AB 1862 (Torlakson) - Criminal ID theft: This bill creates a database of "criminal" ID theft victims, those who have had a criminal record falsely created using their identifying information, in the Department of Justice.
AB 1897 (Davis) - ID theft: This bill creates a petition and expedited process for a court finding of factual innocence for ID theft victims.
AB 2246 (Wayne) - Destruction of documents: This bill requires businesses to destroy (shred, e.g.) customer records containing personal information before discarding them.
Information Privacy
AB 2797 (Papan) -Insurance info privacy: prohibits insurance companies from sharing personal health, medical or genetic info with financial institutions or other 3rd parties for purpose of extending credit.
SB 1903 (Speier) - Medical info disclosure: restricts disclosure to corporations, subsidiaries and affiliates; requires authorization for release; allows patients to correct erroneous records.
Office of Privacy Protection
SB 129 (Peace) - This bill creates Office of Privacy Protection, in Department of Consumer Affairs, with the purpose of protecting the privacy of individuals' personal information in a manner consistent with the California Constitution by identifying consumer problems in the privacy area and facilitating development of fair information practices. It also directs all state agencies to post a privacy policy and designate a "privacy officer" responsible for the policy.
Legislation chaptered in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
