State Security Breach Notification Laws

As of July 27, 2009

Forty-five states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have enacted legislation requiring notification of security breaches involving personal information. 

Alaska	2008 H.B. 65
Arizona	Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 44-7501
Arkansas	Ark. Code § 4-110-101 et seq.
California	Cal. Civ. Code §§ 56.06, 1785.11.2, 1798.29, 1798.82
Colorado	Colo. Rev. Stat. § 6-1-716
Connecticut	Conn. Gen Stat. 36a-701(b)
Delaware	Del. Code tit. 6, § 12B-101 et seq.
Florida	Fla. Stat. § 817.5681
Georgia	Ga. Code §§ 10-1-910, -911
Hawaii	Haw. Rev. Stat. § 487N-2
Idaho	Idaho Code §§ 28-51-104 to 28-51-107
Illinois	815 ILCS 530/1 et seq.
Indiana	Ind. Code §§ 24-4.9 et seq., 4-1-11 et seq., 2009 H.B. 1121
Iowa	Iowa Code § 715C.1 (2008 S.F. 2308)
Kansas	Kan. Stat. 50-7a01, 50-7a02
Louisiana	La. Rev. Stat. § 51:3071 et seq.
Maine	Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 10 §§ 1347 et seq., 2009 Public Law 161
Maryland	Md. Code, Com. Law § 14-3501 et seq.
Massachusetts	Mass. Gen. Laws § 93H-1 et seq.
Michigan	Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.72
Minnesota	Minn. Stat. §§ 325E.61, 325E.64
Missouri	Mo. Rev. Stat. § 407.1500 (2009 H.B. 62)
Montana	Mont. Code § 30-14-1701 et seq., 2009 H.B. 155, Chapter 163
Nebraska	Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 87-801, -802, -803, -804, -805, -806, -807
Nevada	Nev. Rev. Stat. 603A.010 et seq.
New Hampshire	N.H. Rev. Stat. §§ 359-C:19, -C:20, -C:21
New Jersey	N.J. Stat. 56:8-163
New York	N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 899-aa
North Carolina	N.C. Gen. Stat § 75-65
North Dakota	N.D. Cent. Code § 51-30-01 et seq.
Ohio	Ohio Rev. Code §§ 1347.12, 1349.19, 1349.191, 1349.192
Oklahoma	Okla. Stat. § 74-3113.1 and 2008 H.B. 2245
Oregon	2007 S.B. 583, Chapter 759
Pennsylvania	73 Pa. Stat. § 2303
Rhode Island	R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-49.2-1 et seq.
South Carolina	2008 S.B. 453, Act 190
Tennessee	Tenn. Code § 47-18-2107
Texas	Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 521.03
Utah	Utah Code §§  13-44-101, -102, -201, -202, -310
Vermont	Vt. Stat. tit. 9 § 2430 et seq.
Virginia	Va. Code § 18.2-186.6
Washington	Wash. Rev. Code § 19.255.010
West Virginia	W.V. Code §§ 46A-2A-101 et seq.
Wisconsin	Wis. Stat. § 134.98  et seq.
Wyoming	Wyo. Stat. § 40-12-501 to -501
District of Columbia	D.C. Code § 28- 3851 et seq.
Puerto Rico	10 Laws of Puerto Rico § 4051 et. seq.
Virgin Islands	V.I. Code § 2208

States with no security breach law: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Mexico, and South Dakota. 

NCSL Contact: Pam Greenberg, NCSL Denver Office, pam.greenberg@ncsl.org, 303-364-7700, ext. 1413