Virginia House Bill 543 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: Passed on April 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0570)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Security freezes; protected consumers; penalties. Establishes a procedure by which a protected consumer's representative may request that a consumer reporting agency place a security freeze on the protected consumer's credit report. A protected consumer is an individual resident of the Commonwealth who is (i) younger than age 16 at the time a request for the placement of a security freeze is made or (ii) an incapacitated person for whom a guardian or conservator has been appointed. If a freeze is established for a protected consumer, a consumer reporting agency is prohibited from releasing the protected consumer's credit report, any information derived from it, or any record created for the protected consumer, unless the freeze is removed. A fee of up to $10 may be charged for placing or removing a freeze, except identity theft victims and persons under age 16 for whom the agency has a credit report are not required to pay a fee. Willful violations are subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,000. The measure will become effective January 1, 2015.

Security freezes; protected consumers, penalties.

Del. David Albo [R]	Del. Timothy Hugo [R]	Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]
Del. Matthew James [D]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]	Del. Eileen Filler-Corn [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]

2014-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-04		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0570)
2014-04-04		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 570 (effective 1/1/15)
2014-03-07	Senate	Signed by President
2014-03-04	House	Signed by Speaker
2014-03-04	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB543ER)
2014-03-04	House	Enrolled
2014-02-27	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-27	Senate	Read third time
2014-02-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2014-02-24	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (16-Y 0-N)
2014-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2014-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2014-02-05	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
2014-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
2014-02-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB543H1
2014-02-04	House	Committee substitute agreed to 14104013D-H1
2014-02-04	House	Read second time
2014-02-03	House	Read first time
2014-01-30	House	Committee substitute printed 14104013D-H1
2014-01-30	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
2014-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
2014-01-16	House	Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #2
2014-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2014-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101745D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	444.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	444.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	444.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB543
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB543+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB543H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB543ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0570+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H1402V0005+HB0543
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H14V0057+HB0543
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV0441+HB0543
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S02V0079+HB0543
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0585HB0543+HB0543
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0636HB0543+HB0543