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Committee advances bill allowing private businesses to swipe IDs for age verification, raises potential damages
Summary
The House Committee on Rules adopted dash 2 amendments to Senate Bill 1,005, which would allow private entities to swipe driver licenses or ID cards for age-restricted sales and raise statutory damages for violations; the bill was recommended to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The House Committee on Rules on June 12 adopted the dash 2 amendment to Senate Bill 1,005 and recommended the bill to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation.
Senate Bill 1,005, as presented to the committee by a staff presenter, would allow a private entity to swipe a person's driver's license or identification card when providing age-restricted goods or services regardless of whether there is a reasonable doubt the person is 21 years of age. The dash 2 amendment increases the statutory individual recovery for a violation from $1,000 to $5,000 or the amount of actual damages if greater. The presenter said the Office of Legislative Information Services (OLIS) posted a minimal fiscal impact and no revenue impact.
Committee Vice Chair Pham moved the dash 2 amendments; the committee adopted the amendments and then moved the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. The committee named Representative Emily McIntyre as the member who will carry the bill on the floor.
There was no extended floor debate recorded in the committee on policy implications such as privacy safeguards, technological standards for swiping, or enforcement mechanisms; those issues were not discussed at length in the transcript excerpt. The committee proceeded by roll call and the motion passed.
