Maryland House Bill 1285 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-03-06 - Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a consumer reporting agency from charging a fee for the placement, temporary lift, or removal of a security freeze requested by a consumer or a certain consumer representative within 90 days after a certain data breach; altering the contents of a certain notice that must be included with a summary of rights provided to a consumer; requiring a consumer reporting agency that keeps a file on a consumer to maintain a toll-free customer call center; requiring the consumer reporting agency to publicize the availability of a call center; etc.

Consumer Protection - Consumer Reporting Agencies - Security Freezes - Call Center

Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-06	House	Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
2018-02-28	House	Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2018-02-09	House	First Reading Economic Matters

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1285?ys=2018rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1285f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/fnotes/bil_0005/hb1285.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/votes_comm/hb1285_ecm.pdf