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Legislative Update from NCISS Legislative Committee and Lobbyit

Wh t Y u D T A t

• E c u g y u v tig ti d cu ty f l c ll gu t j N I .
• D v l l ti h w th y u U t d H u R t tiv .
• H t th H ll -- Hit the Hill is one o the most important, and e ec ve, events or members to share with Senators and
Representa ves what most impacts our pro essions. N ISS encourages all members, including prospec ve members,
to join us in ashington, . . or our ne t Hit the Hill, which is scheduled or May 5-7, 2024. The epartment o
abor Final Rule will be the top key issue we will be discussing. Your attendance and par cipa on is vital. Go to
www.N ISS.org or more in orma on.

NCISS Legislative Topics of Interest – LobbyIt Monitoring

The legislation committee, working with our legislative advocate, Casin Spero at LobbyIt, monitors legislation which
could affect how we all do business. Legislative areas of interest to monitor for the National Council of Investigation &
Security Services (NCISS):
1. Any data privacy bills or any bills allowing people to scrub their personal data and limit it being sold by databases
(ex: Promoting U.S. Innovation and Individual Liberty through a National Standard for Data Privacy, American Data
Privacy & Protection Act, etc.).
2. Maintaining access to Social Security numbers and credit headers, for investigators to locate witnesses and
defendants in civil and criminal cases, locate heirs, birthparents and children, and missing persons, etc.
3. FCRA as that act controls conducting Background Checks.
4. Access to court records. Access to criminal court records with date of birth (DOB) identifiers, any bills talking about
removing of DOB from records or sealing records after a certain amount of time.
5. Criminal Justice Reform – sometimes they bury data access or propose restrictions that affect investigators.
6. Anything changing or updating the Drivers Privacy Protection Act (DPPA).
7. Anything related to use of GPS trackers for vehicles.
8. Window tinting regulation changes.
9. Any laws about surveillance capabilities (ex: anti stalker laws sometimes accidentally exclude permissible purposes
for investigators such as for insurance fraud, school districting checks, missing children, custody matters etc.)
10. Any laws about investigative licensure.
11. Commercial use of drone laws.
12. Anything challenging or updating the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
13. Changes to subcontractor/employee classifications (Pro Act, or Protect the Rights to Organize Act, note anything
about unions that talk about independent contractors).
14. Bills or changes that limit or prohibit “prete ting” or obtaining in ormation through alse pretenses.
15. Any adaptations to how investigators and security professionals can structure their business entity.
16. Public Records access laws, Any changes to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
17. Access to police reports, traffic collision reports, vital records or business filings.
18. Bills dealing with fugitive recovery operations and bonds .
19. Firearms and Concealed Carry Permits.
20. rti icial Intelligence (“ I”).

NCISS also tracks administrative and regulatory actions by government agencies such as the Department of Labor.

We are quite fortunate indeed to have excellent representation in Washington DC by LobbyIt. Over the years, LobbyIt
has provided outstanding support to NCISS by identifying and monitoring relevant legislation, arranging meetings with
congressional staff, and ensuring that our concerns are addressed. They have greatly helped to strengthen N ISS’s
visibility and credibility with Congress and appropriate federal agencies.

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