HB 2278-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Requires each department or other agency of the state government to designate an agency privacy officer.

Requires an agency privacy officer, in coordination with the office of privacy and data protection, to: (1) Develop an agency personal information minimization policy to reduce the use and retention of personal information wherever possible; and

(2) Create a work plan that uses a Gantt chart or similar project planning tool for certain information.

Prohibits a governmental entity from furnishing without charge or selling, or charging for: (1) Personal financial and health information, except information furnished in an abstract driving record; and

(2) Personal identification numbers issued by a government entity.

Prohibits the department of licensing from releasing the abstract of a person's driving record to a person or entity to be used for a commercial purpose.

Exempts the following from disclosure under the public records act: Personal information inventory or data map records, created in this act, that reveal the location of personal information or the extent to which it is protected.