Radio Frequency ID (H 6059, S 211)

This legislation restricts governmental use of radio frequency identification devices on students. RFID allows a person’s identity and movement to be monitored electronically, and was briefly used by the Middletown school district last year to track elementary school students. The bill also keeps confidential any information gathered by a newly-installed RFID-driven E-ZPass toll payment system on the Pell Bridge. Although the Governor vetoed this bill, the General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for an override when they returned in January.