California Poised to Pass Bill Regulating RFID Systems
The California Assembly has passed legislation that would mandate certain security requirements for RFID systems used in specific public applications. The bill is pending in the California Senate Judiciary Committee, and could conceivably pass in that body before the end of the week. The bill passed the Assembly 49-26, with all Democrats voting "aye" and all but 2 Republicans voting "Nay". This is a copy of the bill as passed.
An organization of IT trade associations, led by the AeA, dropped their opposition to an earlier version of the bill. The lead sponsor, Senator Simitian, agreed to delete a provision that would have imposed a 3-year moratorium on RFID for those specified public applications pending a study of the safety and security of RFID.
In my opinion, that is the equivalent of saying "You can cut off my hand, so you won't cut off my arm".
Another organization, which was not part of the Coalition, the Security Industry Association, continues to oppose the legislation in its current form. They sent this letter to the Senate earlier this month.
