SECURITY BREACH NOTIFY ACT House SponsorsRep. Rosemary Mulligan-Ruth Munson-Sandra M. Pihos-Elizabeth Coulson 1/9/2007HouseSession Sine Die New Act Creates the Security Breach Notification Act. Requires any person or business conducting business in the State, and that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information, to disclose any breach of the security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach in the security of the data to any person whose unencrypted personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been acquired by an unauthorized person. Requires any person or business that maintains computerized data that includes personal information that the person or business does not own, to notify the owner or licensee of the information of any breach of the security of the data immediately following discovery of such breach, if the personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been acquired by an unauthorized person. Provides that notice may be provided to a customer in one of the following ways: (1) written notice; (2) electronic notice; or (3) substitute notice if the person or business demonstrates that the cost of providing notice would exceed $250,000, or the affected class of persons to be notified exceeds 500,000, or the person or business does not have sufficient contact information. Provides a private right of action for a violation of the Act. 2/24/2005HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan 2/25/2005HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson 2/25/2005HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos 2/25/2005HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson 2/25/2005HouseFirst Reading 2/25/2005HouseReferred to Rules Committee 3/1/2005HouseAssigned to State Government Administration Committee 3/10/2005HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/9/2007HouseSession Sine Die