2004 House Bill 6171 ↩

House Roll Call 813: Passed

To prohibit disclosing to a third party or publicly displaying all or any part of the social security number of an employee, student, or other individual, unless he or she consented to the disclosure in writing or the disclosure was authorized by law. The bill also prohibits businesses or universities from using a social security number as a person's ID or account number, prohibits requiring an individual to use or transmit his or her social security over an unsecure or unencrypted internet site or computer system, and prohibits including a social security number in a mailed document except where required by law or for certain financial transactions in which it is required. It includes exceptions required for legitimate commercial, administrative or investigative purposes.