Date: 04/13/2009

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB09-283

SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS & MILITARY AFFAIRS

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved a prepared amendment to Senate Bill 09-283,
Moved that Senate Bill 09-283 be referred to the C		Pass Without Objection
PASS

03:43 PM -- Senate Bill 09-283

Senator Sandoval, prime sponsor, presented Senate Bill 09-283, concerning the use of redaction software by the Secretary of State to redact taxpayer identification numbers from secured transaction records filed with the Secretary of State.

The following persons testified in regard to Senate Bill 09-283:

03:46 PM -- Cathy Krendel, Denver, representing herself, said that the Business Division of the Colorado Department of State works very well due to its employment of electronic filing. She noted that it is possible to start a new company in Colorado in under five minutes through electronic filing with the Secretary of State. She spoke of situations in which social security numbers remain in documents filed with the Secretary of State from prior years. She said that Senate Bill 09-283 allows the Secretary to redact these social security numbers.

03:52 PM -- Tony van Westrum, representing the Colorado Bar Association, commented on the process of redaction of information to protect against identity theft. He commented on situations in which it is useful to have identifying information.

03:57 PM -- Bernie Buescher, Colorado Secretary of State, said that Senate Bill 09-283 was initiated by the Department of State. He said that Senate Bill 09-283 provides a reasonable balance that is satisfactory to privacy advocates. He noted that the department has tested redaction software and said that the department does not currently have explicit authority to conduct such redactions.
BILL:SB09-283
TIME: 04:06:04 PM
MOVED:Bacon
MOTION:Moved a prepared amendment to Senate Bill 09-283, L.001 (Attachment A) with "NUMBER," inserted before "OR," on Page 1, line 13 of the amendment. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Boyd
Cadman
Schultheis
Bacon
Williams
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
090413AttachA.pdf
BILL:SB09-283
TIME: 04:07:28 PM
MOVED:Bacon
MOTION:Moved that Senate Bill 09-283 be referred to the Committee of the Whole, as amended, and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a 5-0-0 roll call vote.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Boyd
Yes
Cadman
Yes
Schultheis
Yes
Bacon
Yes
Williams
Yes
Final YES: 5 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
04:08 PM

The committee meeting recessed.