Virginia House Bill 175 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Unknown
Status: Introduced on December 26 2007 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-01-29 - House: Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (HB1311-Byron) by voice vote

Credit reports; military personnel and their spouses. Authorizes Virginia domiciled members of the armed services and their spouses to freeze access to their credit reports. If a consumer has placed a freeze on his credit report, a consumer reporting agency is prohibited from releasing the credit report, or any information in it, without the consumer's express authorization. The measure provides a means by which the service member or spouse can release his report. A consumer reporting agency may charge a fee of no more than $5 for establishing a freeze, removing a freeze, or temporarily lifting a freeze. The measure also prohibits a credit account from being opened in the name of such a consumer who has a security freeze in effect without his express prior written authorization. Violations are prohibited practices under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. This bill is incorporated into

Credit reports; authorizes military personnel and their spouses to freeze access thereto.

No sponsor information available at this time.

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-01-29		House: Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (HB1311-Byron) by voice vote
2008-01-14		House: Assigned C & L sub: 2
2007-12-26		House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2007-12-26		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081056776

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB175