Substitute Senate Bill No. 1108
Special Act No. 19-24
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE CONCERN ING
CONSUMER PRIVACY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force
to study the interests consumers have in protecting their privacy and
possible methods to achieve such protection in this state while not
overly burdening the businesses in this state. The task force shall
examine what information businesses in this state should be required
to disclose to consumers concerning consumers' personal information
that is retained or sold by such businesses. Such examination shall
include, but not be limited to, the California Consumer Privacy Act of
2018, as amended, to consider what provisions could be implemented
in this state.
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives,
one of whom has expertise in consumer privacy and one of whom has
expertise in information technology;
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one
of whom represents consumers or consumer issues; Substitute Senate Bill No. 1108
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(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of
Representatives, who is a representative of an association representing
insurance companies;
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who
represents an association related to privacy issues;
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of
Representatives, who represents an association representing retailers;
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate;
(7) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, or a designee;
(8) The Attorney General, or a designee;
(9) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development,
or a designee; and
(10) The Chief Information Officer, or a designee.
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1),
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member
of the General Assembly.
(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than
thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be
filled by the appointing authority.
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president
pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force
from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall
schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not
later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the Substitute Senate Bill No. 1108
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General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to consumer
protection shall serve as administrative staff of the task force.
(g) Not later than January 1, 2020, the task force shall submit a
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing
committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
relating to consumer protection and government administration, in
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes.
The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or
January 1, 2020, whichever is sooner.