92nd General Assembly
Status of HB5582
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FRITCHEY.

   New Act                                                                     

        Creates the Personal Information Protection Act. Requires  credit      
   reporting  agencies  to  accept  security  alerts from consumers via a      
   toll-free telephone  number,  and  allows  a  consumer  to  request  a      
   reporting  agency  to  impose  a  security  freeze  on  release of any      
   information from his or her file. Requires a consumer credit reporting      
   agency to place a security alert in a consumer credit report within 72      
   hours after receiving a request to do so and to notify  persons  using      
   consumer credit reports of the existence of a security alert. Provides      
   for  the  security  alert to remain in effect for at least 90 days and      
   that a consumer may renew it. Requires  a  consumer  credit  reporting      
   agency  to  place a security freeze on a consumer credit report within      
   72 hours after receiving a request to do so in writing  and  prohibits      
   the  release  of  information  from a consumer credit report while the      
   freeze is in place. Prohibits any person or entity or State  or  local      
   agency, as of July 1, 2003, from using an individual's Social Security      
   number  in certain ways, including posting it publicly or requiring it      
   for access to products or services.                                         
   FEB-06-2002  H  FILED WITH CLERK                                               
   FEB-06-2002  H  FIRST READING                                                  
   FEB-06-2002  H  REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE        RULES                 
   FEB-13-2002  H       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               CONSUMER PROT         
   FEB-22-2002  H  RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A)     RULES         HRUL    
   JAN-07-2003  H  SESSION SINE DIE                                               

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