[ACLU-NM] Legislative Alert on Privacy bills: RFID, Genetic & Financial

[Kimberly Lavender]

Both the RFID and Genetic privacy bills (HB 215, 183) will be heard
tomorrow, Friday, in House Judiciary at 1:30 in room 309.
That Roundhouse # you dream about is 505.986.4300.  (Originally these bills
were scheduled to be heard yesterday.)

        RFID will remove radio frequency identification tags from consumer
products at the time of purchase.
        Genetic privacy will prohibit discrimination in employment, housing,
public accommodations and credit based upon genetic information.


The Financial Privacy bill (HB364, sponsored by Representative Danice
Picraux) will be heard Tuesday, 2.15, in House Business & Industry
Committee, at 1:30, in room 309.  Please call again  505.986.4300.

         This bill limits the sharing of private financial data by financial
institutions.


Did you see what Diane Wood's job is like as our lobbyist in the
legislature -- on page A10 of the Albuquerque Journal today?     Great
quotes from Diane on the close vote passing SB 103 (that's our  INS bill) by
21 to 20.

If you missed it, see our wonderful Weblog.  Go to our website at
www.aclu-nm.org.  Then click on Weblog at the  top of the right column.  It
is Legislative Alert #10.

Joyce
Joyce Briscoe aclunmpr at comcast.net

Legislative and Public Education Advocate, ACLU-NM

PO Box 80915
Albuquerque, NM 87198
go to our website at www.aclu-nm.org



No state funding for enforcing federal immigration laws (SB103) PASSED the
Senate floor today, 21 - 20.

Thank you!  Thank you!  Thank you!  for calling those legislators --
especially those of you who called Senator Joseph Fidel and Senator Shannon
Robinson, who voted for our bill.

Senator Tsosie was absent for the vote.  Senators John Arthur Smith and Tim
Jennings voted no.

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