News & Analysis as of

Credit Reports Proposed Legislation

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads

Buy Now Pay Later Lender Licensing Legislation Still Under Consideration in New York

The Buy Now Pay Later ("BNPL") legislation introduced by New York Governor Kathy Hochul officially died last week. However, BNPL legislation introduced last month by New York Assemblymember Pamela Hunter remains active and,...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Proposed Changes in Massachusetts that Would Bar Use of Credit Reports by Employers

Bowditch & Dewey on

On March 14, 2024, the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed legislation that would prohibit employers from obtaining or using a true credit report for employment purposes. The bill is expected to pass the Senate and...more

Troutman Pepper

California Attorney General Sponsors Bill Banning Credit Reporting of Medical Debt

Troutman Pepper on

On April 2, the California Senate Judicial Committee passed Senate Bill 1061. The bill seeks to prevent health care providers and contracted collection agencies from providing information about patients’ medical debt to...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Revised Trigger Leads Bill Introduced in U.S. House of Representatives

Ballard Spahr LLP on

As previously reported, in 2023 bills were introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 4198) and the U.S. Senate (S. 3502) to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to curtail the practice of trigger leads with...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Bills To Curtail Trigger Leads Introduced in Congress

Ballard Spahr LLP on

Bills have been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 4198) and the U.S. Senate (S. 3502) to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to curtail the practice of trigger leads with mortgage loans....more

Troutman Pepper

Proposed Legislation Would Allow Furnishing Utility and Phone Bills to Credit Reporting Agencies

Troutman Pepper on

On September 26, Representative French Hill (R-AR) introduced new legislation, H.R. 8985, also known as the Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2022, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act and allow payment information for...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Watch List - Proposed Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act of 2020 Suspends Payments During Pandemic but Requires Landlords and...

On April 17, a bill was introduced in the United States House of Representatives seeking to create the Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act of 2020. The primary feature of the bill is it would suspend all rent and mortgage...more

Epstein Becker & Green

House Passes Bill Restricting Employer Credit Checks

Epstein Becker & Green on

On January 29, 2020, the House of Representatives passed the Comprehensive CREDIT Act of 2020 (the “Act”), which would change federal laws pertaining to consumer reporting agencies and credit checks in a number of ways....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Policy Matters Newsletter - January 2020 #3

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

PRO Act to Hit the Floor. The “Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019” (H.R. 2474) is headed to the House Floor next week. Amendments must be filed with the Rules Committee on Monday. As you know, the bill constitutes...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

House Financial Services Committee passes more credit reporting bills

Ballard Spahr LLP on

Three more bills dealing with credit reporting were passed on Tuesday by the House Financial Services Committee.  Like the four bills passed by the Committee last week, none of the bills passed yesterday received any...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

House Financial Services Committee passes credit reporting bills

Ballard Spahr LLP on

Four bills dealing with credit reporting were passed last Thursday by the House Financial Services Committee.  While there has been bipartisan support for credit reporting reform, none of the bills received any Republican...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Senators Rubio and Kennedy Introduce the Small Business Credit Protection Act

Womble Bond Dickinson on

This week, Senators John Kennedy of Louisiana and Marco Rubio of Florida unveiled the Small Business Credit Protection Act. If passed, the legislation would require credit bureaus to notify small businesses of nonpublic...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Proposed Credit Reporting Changes Pass House With Mixed Reviews

Ballard Spahr LLP on

Consumer advocacy groups are questioning the purported benefits of H.R. 435 the “Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2017,” a bill that passed with bipartisan support in the House of Representatives in June, and is currently...more

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers,...

Consumer Financial Services Spring 2018 Update

District Court Takes Expansive View of Deceptive or Misleading Practices under FDCPA - The FDCPA prohibits a debt collector from using "any false, deceptive, or misleading representation" in connection with the collection...more

Fisher Phillips

Tougher Privacy and Data Security Protections Coming to North Carolina

Fisher Phillips on

A bi-partisan privacy and data security bill, which will significantly impact companies with North Carolina employees, is in the works. North Carolina State Representative Jason Saine (R), Appropriations Chairman of...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New Child Care Background Check Bill Leaves More Questions Than Answers

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: Background screening companies that provide background checks to online child care job posting services in California may face increased civil liability as they seek to comply with new Assembly Bill No....more

McGuireWoods LLP

Proposed Amendments to Fair Credit Reporting Act

McGuireWoods LLP on

Two new bills affecting credit reporting and the use of credit reports for employment purposes are working their way through Congress. If passed, the bills would amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The first, The...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

New York City Council and Bloomberg Administration Clash over Proposal to Prohibit Employment Discrimination Based on Credit...

Proskauer Rose LLP on

On May 15, 2012, the New York City Council proposed Int. #0857-2012 (the Proposal), which would amend the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) to prohibit discrimination against job applicants and employees based on their...more

18 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide