2003 Senate Bill 792 ↩

Senate Roll Call 586: Passed

To establish as a specific felony the crime of identity theft, subject to up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The bill would prohibit denying or reducing credit to identity theft victims. Credit card companies, financial institutions, and other lenders would be required to implement certain identity assurance procedures, and would be prohibited from soliciting or extending credit to consumers by mailing unsolicited checks and similar items. Law enforcement officials, financial institutions, or others could request vital record copies for enforcement, investigation, or prevention purposes. The bill would also create an identity theft advisory board to make recommendations to the legislature on further laws. "Identity theft" would mean any unauthorized use of another person’s personal identifying information to obtain credit, goods, services, money, property, medical records or information, or employment.