PRINTER'S NO. 1328
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
944
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY FONTANA, COSTA, BROOKS, WAGNER, HUGHES, BREWSTER,
RAFFERTY, BROWNE, YUDICHAK, WARD AND BARTOLOTTA,
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
REFERRED TO BANKING AND INSURANCE, NOVEMBER 15, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of November 29, 2006 (P.L.1463, No.163),
entitled "An act providing for protection from identity
theft, for security freezes, for procedures for access after
imposition and removal of security freezes and for related
matters," further providing for security freeze and for fees.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3(d) and 9(a) of the act of November 29,
2006 (P.L.1463, No.163), known as the Credit Reporting Agency
Act, are amended to read:
Section 3. Security freeze.
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(d) Duration of freeze.--A security freeze shall remain in
place until the [earlier of the] date the consumer reporting
agency receives a request from the consumer to remove the
security freeze [or until seven years from the date that the
security freeze was put in place by the consumer reporting
agency].
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Section 9. Fees.
(a) General rule.--A consumer reporting agency may impose a
reasonable charge on a consumer for initially placing a security
freeze on a consumer report. The amount of the charge may not
exceed $10. The charge to temporarily lift the security freeze
may not exceed [$10] $5 per request. At no time shall the
consumer be charged for removing the freeze.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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