HB 230-TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTERNET PRIVACY  3:19:37 PM CHAIR KITO announced that the first order of business would be HOUSE BILL NO. 230, "An Act relating to the collection of customer information by telecommunications and Internet service providers; and establishing an unfair trade practice under the Alaska Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act." 3:20:01 PM PATRICK FITZGERALD, Staff, Representative Harriet Drummond, Alaska State Legislature, reintroduced HB 230 on behalf of Representative Drummond, prime sponsor. He explained that the proposed bill would replace a protection on the personal property from internet service providers which was repealed in the recent decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). 3:20:33 PM REPRESENTATIVE DRUMMOND, Alaska State Legislature, presented HB 230 as prime sponsor. She mentioned similar legislation in a recent vote in the Minnesota State Senate. She remarked that in March [2018], Congress had voted to lift a ban on the practice of selling consumer data. She noted that many communities have limited choice in ISPs. 3:22:45 PM REPRESENTATIVE KNOPP asked about the rationale behind the proposed bill. REPRESENTATIVE DRUMMOND answered that the Alaska constitution has one of the most stringent privacy protections in the nation. 3:24:41 PM CHAIR KITO announced that public testimony was open from the previous hearing. Upon ascertaining that no one was available to testify, he closed public testimony on HB 230. REPRESENTATIVE BIRCH stated he did not support the bill. He said the move to remedy the issue needed to be on a national level. REPRESENTATIVE WOOL said he thinks the bill is precautionary, but he thinks "our data is being bought and sold like crazy," and he does not think a box on a form to state that he does not want his data sold is not a big burden. 3:27:34 PM REPRESENTATIVE WOOL moved to report HB 230 out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. 3:27:53 PM REPRESENTATIVE BIRCH objected. A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Stutes, Josephson, Wool, and Kito voted in favor of HB 230. Representatives Birch, Knopp, and Sullivan-Leonard voted against it. Therefore, HB 230 was reported out of the House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee by a vote of 4-3. 3:28:38 PM The committee took an at-ease from 3:28 p.m. to 3:31 p.m.