Georgia House Bill 656 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-03-03 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commerce and trade, so as to provide certain protections to consumers who have experienced financial hardship as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic; to provide for definitions; to require credit consumer reporting agencies to place a COVID-19 alert along with or accompanying any consumer report or credit score provided by the consumer credit reporting agency in the file of that consumer indicating the consumer has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; to provide for removal of such an alert; to provide procedures for placement and removal of a COVID-19 alert; to provide for enforcement and penalties; to provide a short title; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

COVID-19 Credit Report Protection for Consumers Act; enact

Rep. Penny Houston [R]	Rep. Gerald Greene [R]	Rep. John LaHood [R]	Rep. Jan Tankersley [R]
Rep. Matthew Wilson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-03	House	House Second Readers
2021-03-01	House	House First Readers
2021-02-26	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/60124
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/198960