Bill Text: CT HB06640 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 6640 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Increasing Penalties For The Unlawful Release Of Social Security Numbers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-24 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [HB06640 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06640-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 6640*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 2880
		02880
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist. REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist. REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING PENALTIES FOR THE UNLAWFUL RELEASE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 53a of the general statutes be amended to provide increased penalties for the unlawful release of Social Security numbers when such unlawful release is part of a large data breach resulting in one thousand or more Social Security numbers being released publicly.

Statement of Purpose:

To protect the public from identity theft.