SB 140-BAN INTERNET SPYWARE                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CON BUNDE announced SB 140 to be up for consideration.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
DAVE  STANCLIFF, staff  to Senator  Therriault, briefly  recapped                                                               
previous testimony  outlining the  magnitude of the  problems and                                                               
expense  involved  in dealing  with  spyware.  He said  the  best                                                               
features of other models were incorporated in this bill.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  BETTYE  DAVIS said  one  of  her constituents  from  the                                                               
Environmental Summit wanted  to see SB 140 pass while  she was in                                                               
town, because her computer was affected by spyware.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  BEN  STEVENS  moved  to  pass  SB  140  from  committee.                                                               
Senators Davis,  Ben Stevens  and Chair Bunde  voted yea;  and SB                                                               
140 moved from committee.