Washington State RFID Legislation dies
In February, Washington state legislators introduced a bill that would impose rules on how companies could deploy RFID and retain personal information gathered via the technology. We were forwarded this article from the RFID Journal by Representative Morris, the sponsor of the Washington State legislation.
The legislation died Wednesday night, by failing to make it onto the Floor calendar for this year however interested parties should expect that this issue will not go away in Washington or anywhere else.
In contrast to the California legislation last year in which only a handful of IT companies and related organizations offered their view, in Washington state there was a large coalition that came together comprising of RFID businesses and their customers. Due to the concern that was expressed by this group, this helped in slowing down the legislation and ultimately assisted in its dismissal.
Below is the letter from the organizations and companies who were opposed to the legislation.
