SB 31: Prohibition of reading of government documents using radio waves (2007)

Summary

SB 31, Simitian. Identification documents.

This bill would provide that a person or entity that intentionally remotely reads or attempts to remotely read a person’s identification document using radio frequency identification (RFID) without his or her knowledge and prior consent, as described, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year, a fine of not more than $1,500, or both that fine and imprisonment, except as specified. The bill would also provide that a person or entity that knowingly discloses, or causes to be disclosed, specified operational system keys shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year, a fine of not more than $1,500, or both that fine and imprisonment. By creating new crimes, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

SB 31 – Prohibition of reading (and attempted reading) of government documents using radio waves

SB 31 FACT SHEET

Final Status: 
SB 31 WAS signed into law in 2008.