Communications & Technology 2021-2022
The Senate Communications and Technology Committee met Monday, May 24, 2021 at 12:45 p.m. and reported the following bill from committee:
Senate Bill 696 (Laughlin): Amends the Breach of Personal Information Notification Act to require state and local governments to notify individuals when their personal, health insurance, or medical information was or may have been disclosed to an unauthorized party due to a security breach within 7 days and to notify law enforcement within 3 business days.
An amendment was adopted to apply the reporting requirements to state contractors.
The committee unanimously passed both the amendment and amended bill.
The Senate Communications and Technology Committee met Tuesday, May 11, 2021:
The Senate Communications and Technology Committee met Tuesday, April 20, 2021 and reported out the following bills:
SB 341 – The legislation amends Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the PA consolidated Statutes by repealing numerous sections of the Public Utility Code pertaining to requirements for telecommunications carriers.
- The bill was reported out with a 7-3 vote. Senators Kane, Sabatina, and Saval voted no.
SB 442 – Requires the Department of General Services to inventory communications assets and creates a Broadband Services Restricted Account for purposes of broadband deployment in underserved areas.
- The bill was reported out with a 7-3 vote. Senators Kane, Sabatina, and Saval voted no.
Senator John Kane
Committee Chair