98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5404

 

Introduced , by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
820 ILCS 70/30

    Amends the Employee Credit Privacy Act. Requires a consumer reporting agency that prepares an investigative consumer report, as defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, to provide upon request and without fee a copy to the consumer. Provides that the disclosure is intended to supplement the Fair Credit Reporting Act and provide greater protection to consumers.


LRB098 17198 JLS 52287 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5404LRB098 17198 JLS 52287 b

1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Employee Credit Privacy Act is amended by
5changing Section 30 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 70/30)
7    Sec. 30. Fair Credit Reporting Act.
8    (a) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit employers from
9conducting a thorough background investigation, which may
10include obtaining a report without information on credit
11history or an investigative report without information on
12credit history, or both, as permitted under the Fair Credit
13Reporting Act. This information shall be used for employment
14purposes only.
15    (b) A consumer reporting agency that prepares an
16investigative consumer report, as defined in the Fair Credit
17Reporting Act, shall, upon request and without charge, provide
18to the consumer a copy of the investigative consumer report.
19The requirements of this subsection are intended to supplement
20the provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and provide
21additional protection to consumers.
22(Source: P.A. 96-1426, eff. 1-1-11.)