Privacy: personal information.
Summary
Existing law requires a business that owns, licenses, or maintains personal information about a California resident to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information, to protect the personal information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure. Existing law defines terms for purposes of this law, including "personal information." This bill would revise the definition of personal information to include health insurance information, as defined, and a username or email address combined with a password or security question and answer for access to an online account.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2015
Committee Review
Jun 2015
Assembly Passage
May 2015
Senate Passage
Jun 2015
Signed into Law
Jul 2015
Introduced Mar 26, 2015
Signed Jul 14, 2015
Floor votes · Senate Jun 25, 2015 · Assembly May 14, 2015
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 35
Jun 25, 2015
D
Democratic24
91% Yea
R
Republican11
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Jul 14, 2015
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Jun 25, 2015
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-0-3)
senate
Jun 25, 2015
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
lower
Jun 18, 2015
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16).
upper
May 28, 2015
Committee
Referred to Com. on JUD.
upper
May 14, 2015
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (73-0-2)
assembly
May 6, 2015
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 5).
lower
Apr 30, 2015
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
lower
Apr 6, 2015
Committee
Referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
lower
Mar 27, 2015
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee April 26.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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