Bill Text: NY S00464 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting consumer reporting agencies from requiring or requesting a copy of a consumer's social security card when furnishing consumer reports or investigative consumer reports to third parties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S00464 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00464-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           464

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 4, 2023
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        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
          consumer reporting  agencies  from  requiring  or  requesting  certain
          consumer information

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (t)  of  section  380-a  of  the
     2  general  business  law,  as added by chapter 441 of the laws of 2014, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (1) a social security number [or a copy  of  a  social  security  card
     5  issued by the social security administration];
     6    § 2. Section 380-v of the general business law, as relettered by chap-
     7  ter  441  of  the  laws  of  2014, is relettered section 380-w and a new
     8  section 380-v is added to read as follows:
     9    §  380-v.  Limitations  on  requests  for  identifying  documentation.
    10  Consumer  reporting  agencies  shall  not require or request a copy of a
    11  consumer's social security card. For the purposes of proper  identifica-
    12  tion  of  a consumer, a consumer reporting agency may request or require
    13  such consumer's social security number.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    15  have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01445-01-3