Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 678 prohibits a person from capturing an individual's biometric identifier, including a retina or iris scan, fingerprint, voiceprint, or record of hand or face geometry, for a commercial purpose unless the individual being identified has been informed of and consents to the capture. The bill also prohibits, with certain exceptions, a person or a governmental body from selling, leasing, or otherwise disclosing an individual's biometric identifier to another person, and it requires the person or governmental body possessing the biometric identifier to store, transmit, and protect the identifier from disclosure using reasonable care. The bill provides for a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 for each violation by a person other than a governmental body and exempts biometric identifiers in the possession of a governmental body from disclosure under statutes relating to public information.