Free credit freeze bill wins final approval from Georgia Legislature
You could soon be able to protect your credit report for free in Georgia.
The Georgia Senate voted 51-0 on Thursday to give final approval to a bill that would prevent credit reporting agencies from charging customers to lock their credit reports. A locked or frozen credit report can't be changed.
It currently costs customers up to $3 each time they want to lock or unlock their credit reports, according to state law.
The legislation, Senate Bill 376, was introduced in response to a giant data breach last year by Equifax, which exposed the personal information of at least 143 million Americans.
The bill now goes to Gov. Nathan Deal for his signature or veto.
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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
