Senate File 2001 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COURTNEY Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act allowing school districts to use biometric fingerprint 2 identification systems for certain restricted purposes. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5045XS 81 5 kh/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 726.22, Code Supplement 2005, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 0A. "Biometric technology" means a 1 4 computer=based fingerprint identification system which 1 5 utilizes an optical scanner or noncontact fingerprinting 1 6 system that extracts data about a child's fingerprint but does 1 7 not store the fingerprint or have the ability to reconstruct 1 8 the fingerprint. 1 9 Sec. 2. Section 726.23, subsection 1, Code Supplement 1 10 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1 11 1. Except as provided insubsectionsubsections 2 and 3, a 1 12 governmental unit shall not fingerprint a child. 1 13 Sec. 3. Section 726.23, Code Supplement 2005, is amended 1 14 by adding the following new subsection: 1 15 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. A school district or an authorized 1 16 representative of a school district may use biometric 1 17 technology to fingerprint a child unless the child's parent or 1 18 guardian submits a written objection to the school district to 1 19 the use of biometric technology to fingerprint the child. The 1 20 student handbook provided by the school district shall specify 1 21 all uses by the school district of all data derived from the 1 22 child's fingerprint. 1 23 EXPLANATION 1 24 This bill provides an exemption to the child identification 1 25 and protection Act to allow a school district or its 1 26 authorized representative to use biometric technology to scan 1 27 a child's fingerprint if the technology used does not store 1 28 the data extracted from the child's fingerprint, the 1 29 technology cannot reconstruct the child's fingerprint, and if 1 30 the parent or guardian does not submit a written objection to 1 31 the school district to the use of the scan. The student 1 32 handbook must specify the school district's uses of the data 1 33 derived from the child's fingerprint. 1 34 LSB 5045XS 81 1 35 kh:rj/je/5