October 05, 2006
SB 768 RFID Bill Not Dead Yet
Even though Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed California Senate Bill 768, that would have limited the use of RFID technology in terms of protecting citizen privacy, the bill is not dead yet. The bill, drafted by Senator Joe Simitian (Dem, Calif), can be brought back (probably in another form), but not during the rest of the current two-year Senate session. Simitian said that he was in the middle of his first four-year term - suggesting that he would continue to work on the bill. (Simitian also drafted California SB 682 which, had it passed, would have prevented RFID from being used in personal identity cards and documents in California.
Schwarnegger's response, when he vetoed the bill, was that it was premature, overbroad, and that it may hinder "beneficial new applications of contactless technology." It may be the cynic in me, but he seems to be favoring not so much state interests as federal interests by suggesting the bill may clash federal mandates about radio frequency technology due soon.
[sources: Baseline]
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