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• Introduced by Rep. Rick Baxter (R) on September 12, 2006, to require the state the Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) to establish a state credit activity list for use by consumer reporting agencies. The list would consist of the names, addresses, and social security numbers of consumers who sign up with OFIS to receive notifications of credit activity from consumer reporting agencies. These agencies would then have to notify a consumer on the state list of any new activity involving that consumer in the preceding calendar quarter.
  • Referred to the House Banking and Financial Services Committee on September 12, 2006.
    • Reported in the House on September 14, 2006, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Dudley Spade (D) on September 19, 2006, to tie-bar the bill to House Bill 4802, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. HB 4525 would require companies that experience data thefts to notify customers whose personal information may have fallen into the wrong hands. The amendment failed 53 to 53 in the House on September 19, 2006.
    Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Passed 105 to 1 in the House on September 19, 2006, to require the state the Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) to establish a state credit activity list for use by consumer reporting agencies. The list would consist of the names, addresses, and social security numbers of consumers who sign up with OFIS to receive notifications of credit activity from consumer reporting agencies. These agencies would then have to notify a consumer on the state list of any new activity involving that consumer in the preceding calendar quarter.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on September 20, 2006.
  • Referred to the Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee on September 20, 2006.