BILL NUMBER: AB 46	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 8, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 3, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 6, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 22, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Simitian

                        DECEMBER 2, 2002

   An act to add Section 1798.85.1 to the Civil Code, relating to
identity theft.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 46, as amended, Simitian.  Identity theft.
   Existing law prohibits any person or entity, not including a state
or local agency, from using an individual's social security number
in specified ways, including posting it publicly or requiring it for
access to products or services.  Existing law provides specified
exceptions from the above provisions.
   This bill would, in addition, prohibit any private or public
university or college in California from using a student's social
security number for identification in a manner that is available to
the public or an unauthorized 3rd party.  The bill would permit the
use of a student's social security number for certain purposes,
including, but not limited to, internal verification or nonpublic
administration or identification for communication with a 3rd party
who is authorized by the student to receive it.  Each university or
college would be authorized to develop a system of personal
identifiers other than social security numbers for students  and
would be required to use existing resources to accomplish this 
.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  no.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1798.85.1 is added to the Civil Code, to read:

   1798.85.1.  In addition to Section 1798.85, the following
restrictions on the use of social security numbers shall apply:
   (a) A public or private university or college in California may
not use a student's social security number for identification in a
manner that is available to the public or an unauthorized third
party, except that a public or private university or college in
California may use a student's social security number for
identification for the following purposes:
   (1)  Internal verification or nonpublic administrative purposes.
   (2) Communications with a third party who is authorized by the
student to receive it.
   (3) As permitted under the federal Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g).
   (4) As required by state or federal law.
   (b) Each university or college may develop a system of personal
identifiers other than social security numbers for students  and
shall accomplish this using existing resources  .