House File 46 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 46 BY SALMON A BILL FOR An Act relating to licensing sanctions for certain governmental 1 debts by restricting use of social security numbers. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1148YH (4) 89 ss/rn
H.F. 46 Section 1. Section 272D.3, subsection 3, Code 2021, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 3. A statement that if, within twenty days of mailing of 3 the notice to the person, the person fails to contact the unit 4 to schedule a conference, the unit shall issue a certificate 5 of noncompliance, bearing the person’s name , social security 6 number, and unit account number, to any appropriate licensing 7 authority, certifying that the obligor has an outstanding 8 liability placed with the unit. 9 Sec. 2. Section 272D.7, subsection 2, Code 2021, is amended 10 to read as follows: 11 2. The certificate of noncompliance shall contain the 12 person’s name and social security number . 13 Sec. 3. Section 272D.8, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 14 to read as follows: 15 1. A licensing authority shall maintain records of 16 licensees by name , and current known address , and social 17 security number . The records shall be made available to the 18 unit in an electronic format in order for the unit to match the 19 names of the persons with any liability placed with the unit 20 for collection. 21 EXPLANATION 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 23 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 24 This bill concerns Code chapter 272D relating to certain 25 professional licensing sanctions for licensees with a debt or 26 liability placed with the department of revenue for collection. 27 Code section 272D.8 is amended to strike the requirement 28 that records of licensees maintained by a licensing authority 29 include the licensees’ social security number. The Code 30 section requires that the records be made available to the 31 department of revenue for purposes of the Code chapter. 32 Code section 272D.3, relating to notices to persons of 33 potential sanctions, and Code section 272D.7, relating to 34 certificate of noncompliance, are amended to provide that the 35 -1- LSB 1148YH (4) 89 ss/rn 1/ 2
H.F. 46 notices and certificates provided by the department of revenue 1 shall not contain the licensee’s social security number. 2 -2- LSB 1148YH (4) 89 ss/rn 2/ 2