South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016
S. 403
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Hutto
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nl\13478sd15.docx
Introduced in the Senate on February 3, 2015
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Social Security Numbers
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
2/3/2015 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journalpage10)
2/3/2015 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journalpage10)
4/7/2015 Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Young (ch), Turner, Kimpson
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
2/3/2015
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 302310, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE COLLECTION OF AND MAINTENANCE AND DISPOSITION OF RECORDS CONTAINING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS BY PUBLIC AGENCIES, AND THE PROHIBITION AGAINST INTENTIONALLY MAKING AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC A PERSON’S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR OTHER PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF “PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION” FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PROHIBITION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 302310(A)(1)(e) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
“(e) intentionally communicate or otherwise make available to the general public an individual’s social security number or a portion of it containing six digits or more or other personal identifying information. ‘Personal identifying information’, as used in this section, has the same meaning as “personal identifying information” in Section 1613510 means the first name or first initial and last name, in combination with and linked to any one or more of the following data elements that relate to a resident of this State, when the data elements are neither encrypted nor redacted:
( i) social security number;
( ii) driver’s license number or state identification card number issued instead of a driver’s license;
(iii) financial account number, or credit card or debit card number in combination with any required security code, access code, or password that would permit access to a resident’s financial account; or
(iv) other number or information which may be used to access a person’s financial accounts or numbers or information issued by a governmental or regulatory entity that uniquely will identify an individual, except that it does not include electronic identification names, including electronic mail addresses, or parent’s legal surname before marriage and also does not include information that is lawfully obtained from publicly available information, or from federal, state, or local governmental records lawfully made available to the general public;”
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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