---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer credit reports: security freezes."
description: "Existing state law defines and regulates consumer credit reports and permits a consumer to place a security freeze on his or her credit report by making a request in writing by certified mail to a consumer credit reporting agency. Existing law requires a consumer credit reporting agency to place the security freeze on the consumer's credit report within 3 business days after receiving the consumer's request. Under existing law, an agency may charge a fee of no more than $5 to a consumer 65 years of age or older for placing, lifting, or removing a security freeze."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2374"
citation: "California AB 2374 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer credit reports: security freezes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roger Hernández"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f314e37-e84c-4ab7-a2d7-aa32299b3b8e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2374"
source_hash: "5bed2cbe5f68405295bcf1e8894ebfed74a2344665ca2dc76a30d747074ec01d"
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-ca"]
---

# California AB 2374 (20112012) — Consumer credit reports: security freezes.

Existing state law defines and regulates consumer credit reports and permits a consumer to place a security freeze on his or her credit report by making a request in writing by certified mail to a consumer credit reporting agency. Existing law requires a consumer credit reporting agency to place the security freeze on the consumer's credit report within 3 business days after receiving the consumer's request. Under existing law, an agency may charge a fee of no more than $5 to a consumer 65 years of age or older for placing, lifting, or removing a security freeze.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2374&version=20110AB237499INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2374&version=20110AB237498AMD)
3. **05/14/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2374&version=20110AB237497AMD)
4. **06/18/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2374&version=20110AB237496AMD)
5. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2374&version=20110AB237494CHP)
6. **AB2374** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2374)
7. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2374&version=20110AB237495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 2374 HERNÁNDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **54–25** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2374 Roger Hernández — **24–15** (pass) · upper
- AB 2374 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **47–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roger Hernández — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-10** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (May 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 21. Page 4990.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (July 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 4717.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 6319.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:25 a.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 645, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f314e37-e84c-4ab7-a2d7-aa32299b3b8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).