Bill Text: HI HB2511 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Identity Theft
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-27 - (H) Referred to JUD, referral sheet 7 [HB2511 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB2511-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO IDENTITY THEFT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 708-800, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "personal information" to read as follows:
""Personal information" means
information associated with [an actual] a real person, alive
or dead, other than the person transmitting the information, or a fictitious
person that is a name, an address, a telephone number, an electronic mail
address, a driver's license number, a social security number, an employer, a
place of employment, information related to employment, an employee
identification number, a mother's maiden name, an identifying number of a
depository account, a bank account number, a password used for accessing
information, or any other name, number, or code that is used, alone or in
conjunction with other information, to confirm the identity of an actual or a
fictitious person."
SECTION 2. Section 708-839.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"(1) A person commits the offense of
identity theft in the first degree if that person makes or causes to be made,
either directly or indirectly, a transmission of any personal information [of
another] by any oral statement, any written statement, or any statement
conveyed by any electronic means, with the intent to:
(a) Facilitate the commission of a murder in any degree, a class A felony, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment in any degree, extortion in any degree, any offense under chapter 134, criminal property damage in the first or second degree, escape in any degree, any offense under part VI of chapter 710, any offense under section 711-1103, or any offense under chapter 842; or
(b) Commit the offense of theft in the first degree [from
the person whose personal information is
used, or] from any [other]
person or entity."
SECTION 3. Section 708-839.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"(1) A person commits the offense of
identity theft in the second degree if that person makes or causes to be made,
either directly or indirectly, a transmission of any personal information [of
another] by any oral statement, any written statement, or any statement
conveyed by any electronic means, with the intent to commit the offense of
theft in the second degree from any person or entity."
SECTION 4. Section 708-839.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"(1) A person commits the offense of
identity theft in the third degree if that person makes or causes to be made,
either directly or indirectly, a transmission of any personal information [of
another] by any oral statement, any written statement, or any statement
conveyed by any electronic means, with the intent to commit the offense of
theft in the third or fourth degree from any person or entity."
SECTION 5. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Identity Theft
Description:
Amends the identity theft offenses and the definition of "personal information" in chapter 708, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify that the identity theft offenses include the transmission of personal information of an actual person, alive or dead, or a fictitious person.
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