Virginia House Bill 35 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Unknown
Status: Introduced on December 4 2007 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-01-29 - House: Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (HB1311-Byron) by voice vote

Security freezes on credit reports; penalty. Authorizes any consumer to freeze access to his credit report. 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 a consumer may release his report, permanently, temporarily, or to a specific third party. Consumer reporting agencies may charge a consumer up to $5 for each freeze, removal of the freeze, or temporary lift of the freeze; however, no charge shall be assessed to victims of identity theft or to consumers age 65 or older. A violation is a prohibited practice under the Consumer Protection Act. This bill is incorporated into

Credit reports; authorizes consumer 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
2007-12-04		House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2007-12-04		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084429668

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB35