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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Identity Theft; consumer credit reporting agencies charging a fee for placing/removing a security freeze; prohibit"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 34 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to identity theft, so as to prohibit consumer credit reporting agencies from charging a fee for placing or removing a security freeze on a consumer's account; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "SB 376"
+citation: "Georgia SB 376 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Heath", "Bruce Thompson", "David Shafer", "Fran Millar", "Frank Ginn", "Greg Kirk", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Michael Williams"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-01-31"
+last_action: "2018-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c7d5f72-eb02-408f-bbf5-4124d5233695"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "4cb118861dbf09f136b31a9ce18da8b977ecfa8de2add6f3be86c45c74f41ee0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia SB 376 (2017_18) — Identity Theft; consumer credit reporting agencies charging a fee for placing/removing a security freeze; prohibit
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 34 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to identity theft, so as to prohibit consumer credit reporting agencies from charging a fee for placing or removing a security freeze on a consumer's account; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Heath — primary (person)
+- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
+- David Shafer — primary (person)
+- Fran Millar — primary (person)
+- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
+- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
+- Michael Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-31** Senate Hopper
+- **2018-02-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2018-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2018-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-29** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
+- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-03** Act 356 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c7d5f72-eb02-408f-bbf5-4124d5233695`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+