Dorothy Hukill's Student Security Bill Passes Criminal Justice Committee

Sen. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, is cheering the news that SB 188, which ensures schools will not collect biometric and personal information from students, sailed through the Senate Criminal Justice Committee on Monday. The bill also replaces using Social Security numbers with Florida Student Identification numbers to better protect students security.

A student that becomes used to giving up their personal information at an early age may not question further invasions of their privacy as they become adults, Hukill said. With the increase in incidents of credit card and identity theft, we have a reason to be concerned about our students biometric and personal information. There is a significant risk of students information being misused and these issues are addressed by this legislation.

The bill now heads to the Senate Judiciary Committee.