BILL REQ. #:  H-0182.2 

Prefiled 12/05/08. Read first time 01/12/09.   Referred to Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications.

     AN ACT Relating to labeling identification devices; amending RCW 19.300.010; and adding a new section to chapter 19.300 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 19.300.010 and 2008 c 138 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Identification device" means an item that uses radio frequency identification technology or facial recognition technology.
     (2) "Person" means a natural person who resides in Washington.
     (3) "Personal information" has the same meaning as in RCW 19.255.010.
     (4) "Data" means personal information, numerical values associated with a person's facial features, or unique personal identifier numbers stored on an identification device.
     (5) "Radio frequency identification" means ((a technology that uses radio waves to transmit data remotely to readers)) the use of electromagnetic radiating waves or reactive field coupling in the radio frequency portion of the spectrum to communicate to or from a tag through a variety of modulation and encoding schemes to uniquely read the identity of a radio frequency tag or other data stored on it.
     (6) (("Reader" means a scanning device that is capable of using radio waves to communicate with an identification device and read the data transmitted by that identification device.
     (7))) "Remotely" means that no physical contact between the identification device and the reader is necessary in order to transmit data.
     (((8))) (7) "Unique personal identifier number" means a randomly assigned string of numbers or symbols that is encoded on the identification device and is intended to identify the identification device.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 19.300 RCW to read as follows:
     Any governmental or business entity that sells or issues to a consumer an identification device that is not disabled, deactivated, or removed at the point of sale or issuance must label the identification device. The label must contain a universally accepted symbol for radio frequency identification technology or facial recognition technology, if a universally accepted symbol is available. The label must be affixed on the identification device or on its packaging and must be clear and conspicuous.