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