October 06, 2006
Inspiration For California RFID Senate Bill 768
Despite California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's vetoing of California SB 768 RFID bill, it's expected that state Senator Joe Simitian (Dem) will try to reintroduce rfid legislation in another form. Previous to 768, he had introduced Senate Bill 682, which would have prohibited RFID being used in personal identity cards and documents in California. SB 682 was amended to be the less restrictive SB 768, which would have protected the privacy of citizens against misuse of RFID. The RFID industry was neutral in their response to the second bill, but vocal about the first. [via Card Technology]
It's noted that Simitian was inspired to draft the legislation due to a school in his district enforcing RFID badges on all students. Given that that's the case, he is probably going to continue reintroducing legislation until he succeeds, or at least comes to a compromise.
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