1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 3146 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 325E.59, subdivision 1,
1.4is amended to read:
1.5    Subdivision 1. Generally. (a) A person or entity, not including a government entity,
1.6may not do any of the following:
1.7    (1) publicly post or publicly display in any manner an individual's Social Security
1.8number. "Publicly post" or "publicly display" means to intentionally communicate or
1.9otherwise make available to the general public;
1.10    (2) print an individual's Social Security number on any card required for the
1.11individual to access products or services provided by the person or entity;
1.12    (3) require an individual to transmit the individual's Social Security number over
1.13the Internet, unless the connection is secure or the Social Security number is encrypted,
1.14except as required by titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and by Code of
1.15Federal Regulations, title 42, section 483.20;
1.16    (4) require an individual to use the individual's Social Security number to access an
1.17Internet Web site, unless a password or unique personal identification number or other
1.18authentication device is also required to access the Internet Web site;
1.19    (5) print a number that the person or entity knows to be an individual's Social
1.20Security number on any materials that are mailed to the individual, unless state or federal
1.21law requires the Social Security number to be on the document to be mailed. If, in
1.22connection with a transaction involving or otherwise relating to an individual, a person
1.23or entity receives a number from a third party, that person or entity is under no duty to
1.24inquire or otherwise determine whether the number is or includes that individual's Social
1.25Security number and may print that number on materials mailed to the individual, unless
1.26the person or entity receiving the number has actual knowledge that the number is or
1.27includes the individual's Social Security number;
2.1    (6) assign or use a number as the primary account identifier that is identical to or
2.2incorporates an individual's complete Social Security number, except in conjunction with
2.3an employee or member retirement or benefit plan; or
2.4    (7) sell Social Security numbers obtained from individuals in the course of business.
2.5    Notwithstanding clauses (1) to (5), Social Security numbers may be included in
2.6applications and forms sent by mail, including documents sent as part of an application or
2.7enrollment process, or to establish, amend, or terminate an account, contract, or policy,
2.8or to confirm the accuracy of the Social Security number. Nothing in this paragraph
2.9authorizes inclusion of a Social Security number on the outside of a mailing or in the bulk
2.10mailing of a credit card solicitation offer.
2.11    (b) A person or entity, not including a government entity, must restrict access to
2.12individual Social Security numbers it holds so that only employees or agents who require
2.13access to records containing the numbers in order to perform their job duties have access
2.14to the numbers, except as required by titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and
2.15by Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 483.20.
2.16    (c) This section applies only to the use of Social Security numbers on or after July
2.171, 2008.
2.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2008.

2.19    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 325E.59, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.20    Subd. 3. Coordination with other law. (a) This section does not prevent the
2.21collection, use, or release of a Social Security number as required authorized by
2.22state or federal law or the use of a Social Security number for internal verification or
2.23administrative purposes.
2.24    (b) This section does not prevent the release of a Social Security number as part of a
2.25consumer report as defined in United States Code, title 15, section 1681a, paragraph (d),
2.26or in a request for such a report, that is furnished as a result of a transaction initiated by a
2.27consumer with the consumer's consent, furnished to a consumer's current or prospective
2.28employer with the consumer's consent, or furnished to a court or law enforcement agency.
2.29EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2008."