2009 House Bill 4732

Mandate businesses adopt identity theft prevention programs

Introduced in the House

March 31, 2009

Introduced by Rep. Mary Valentine (D-91)

Mandate businesses adopt identity theft prevention programs to require businesses with more than 50 employees, and which extend credit to consumers including for purchases, to have a written identity theft prevention program that establishes reasonable policies for detecting, preventing and mitigating identity theft, trains staff, and more. House Bill 4733 authorizes $10,000 penalties on companies that fail to comply.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary

July 15, 2009

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

Sept. 9, 2009

Amendment offered by Rep. Mark Meadows (D-69)

To establish a new date on which the bill will go into effect if passed.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 98 to 9 (details)

Received in the Senate

Sept. 10, 2009

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary