Summary of the Introduced Bill

HB 1618 -- Missouri Consumer Report Security Freeze Act

Sponsor:  Jones (117)

This bill establishes the Missouri Consumer Report Security
Freeze Act and defines "consumer," "consumer report," "consumer
reporting agency," "employment purposes," and "security freeze."
Procedures are established for a person to place a security
freeze on his or her consumer report, and a consumer reporting
agency must remove or temporarily lift a freeze upon the
consumer's request or if the consumer report was frozen due to a
material misrepresentation of fact by the consumer.

The bill becomes effective January 1, 2009.

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94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
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