House File 774 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 774 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HF 46) 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 1148HV (2) 89 ss/rn
H.F. 774 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, and the last four digits 7 of the person’s social security number, to any appropriate 8 licensing authority, certifying that the obligor has an 9 outstanding liability placed with the unit. 10 Sec. 2. Section 272D.7, subsection 2, Code 2021, is amended 11 to read as follows: 12 2. The certificate of noncompliance shall contain the 13 person’s name and the last four digits of the person’s social 14 security number. 15 Sec. 3. Section 272D.8, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 16 to read as follows: 17 1. A licensing authority shall maintain records of 18 licensees by name, current known address, and the final four 19 digits of each licensee’s social security number. The records 20 shall be made available to the unit in an electronic format in 21 order for the unit to match the names of the persons with any 22 liability placed with the unit for collection. 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 This bill concerns Code chapter 272D relating to certain 27 professional licensing sanctions for licensees with a debt or 28 liability placed with the department of revenue for collection. 29 Code section 272D.8 is amended to strike the requirement 30 that records of licensees maintained by a licensing authority 31 include the licensees’ full social security number and requires 32 such records to include the final four digits of the licensees’ 33 social security number. The Code section requires that the 34 records be made available to the department of revenue for 35 -1- LSB 1148HV (2) 89 ss/rn 1/ 2
H.F. 774 purposes of the Code chapter. 1 Code section 272D.3, relating to notices to persons of 2 potential sanctions, and Code section 272D.7, relating to 3 certificate of noncompliance, are amended to provide that the 4 notices and certificates provided by the department of revenue 5 shall contain the final four digits of a licensee’s social 6 security number. 7 -2- LSB 1148HV (2) 89 ss/rn 2/ 2