BILL NUMBER: AB 959	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chiu

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act relating to data collection.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 959, as introduced, Chiu. Data collection.
   The Information Practices Act of 1977 requires an agency to, among
other things, maintain in its records only personal information, as
defined, that is relevant and necessary for a required or authorized
purpose. Existing law requires a department or agency to enact and
maintain a permanent privacy policy in adherence with that act that
includes, but is not limited to, specified principles. Existing law
also 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, and to protect the personal information
from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or
disclosure.
   This bill would declare it is the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation to effectively address the significant disparities
that impact the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)
communities in regards to data collection.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to effectively address the significant disparities that
impact the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities
in regards to data collection.