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BILL · 2019–20 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 2446

HB 2446: DOL information disclosure

Limiting the disclosure of personal information held by the department of licensing.

Summary

  • Prohibits the release of personal information by the Department of Licensing (DOL) in response to a request to be used primarily for civil immigration purposes, or for criminal immigration enforcement purposes for a violation of federal law for improper entry by any person who is not a United States citizen or national or reentry of any removed person who is not a United States citizen or national.
  • Establishes an exception to the release of personal information by the DOL for the reasons listed above when a court order has been issued under the authority of a judicial branch of government.
  • Limits the sharing of results from the facial recognition matching system used by the DOL either to when it has been authorized by a court order for a violation of driver's license fraud or associated offenses, or when the DOL has determined that a person has committed driver's license fraud or any associated offenses and this determination has been confirmed by a hearings examiner.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2446), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
  1. IntroducedJan 14, 2020
  2. Out of committeeFeb 11, 2020
  3. Passed Housestopped here
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Cindy Ryu (D-32)
Introduced
January 14, 2020 in the House
Last action
February 11, 2020
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 2446, SHB 2446

AN ACT Relating to limiting the disclosure of personal information held by the department of licensing;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Cindy Ryu (D-32)

7 co-sponsors (7 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Noel Frame D-36Shelley Kloba D-1Mike Sells D-38Javier Valdez D-46Sharon Tomiko Santos D-37Lillian Ortiz-Self D-21Sharon Wylie D-49

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. Referred to Rules 2 Review. (SHB 2446)
  2. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  3. TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 2446)
  4. Minority; do not pass. (SHB 2446)
  5. Minority; do not pass.
  6. TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  7. First reading, referred to Transportation.

HB 2446 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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