BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

HB 1321: Identity theft

Prohibiting identity theft.

Summary

$ Amends the identity theft statute to expand the definition of the crime, increase the potential penalties, require businesses to assist victims by providing access to information, and allow the court to enter orders requiring the correction of the victim = s financial records.
$ Restricts contact by collection agencies with identity theft victims regarding debts that may be the result of the identity theft. The victim is required to provide the agency with specified information substantiating the victim = s claim that the debt is the result of an identity theft.
$ Requires credit reporting agencies to omit certain information from a credit report upon a showing by the victim of an alleged identity theft that the credit information may be the result of such a theft.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to identity theft;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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