Preventing Credit Score Discrimination in Auto Insurance Act

Bill: 116-hr-1756
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2019-03-14
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit

Life, casualty, property insurance
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-03-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Preventing Credit Score Discrimination in Auto Insurance Act </b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the use of a credit report, a credit score, or other consumer information in determining auto insurance coverage or rates. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1756 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 14, 2019 Ms. Tlaib (for herself, Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Lawson of Florida , Ms. Plaskett , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Richmond , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mrs. Lawrence , Mr. Butterfield , Ms. Jackson Lee , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Ms. Norton , Ms. Pressley , Ms. Omar , Ms. Hill of California , Ms. Lee of California , Ms. Escobar , Ms. Johnson of Texas , Mr. Green of Texas , Mr. Khanna , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. McGovern , Ms. Jayapal , and Ms. Shalala ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the use of consumer reports and consumer information in making any determination involving auto insurance with respect to a consumer, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Credit Score Discrimination in Auto Insurance Act . 2. Use of consumer reports and consumer information for auto insurance purposes prohibited (a) In general Section 604(a)(3)(C) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1681b(a)(3)(C) ) is amended by inserting , except auto insurance (as defined under subsection (h)(3)) before the semicolon. (b) Rule of construction Section 604 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1681b ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (h) Auto insurance not an authorized business purpose (1) In general No consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report or consumer information with respect to any consumer to any person for use in making any decision to underwrite or rate auto insurance, and no person shall use or obtain a consumer report or consumer information with respect to any consumer in connection with the underwriting or rating of any consumer in connection with a transaction involving auto insurance. (2) Insurance information not included Information derived from the following databases shall not be treated as a consumer report or consumer information for purposes of paragraph (1): (A) Databases that contain information on property loss data regarding auto insurance, such as the Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange (CLUE) and Automobile Property Loss Underwriting System (A–PLUS). (B) Databases that contain information on driver history, such as accidents or moving violations, typically maintained at State departments of motor vehicles. (3) Definitions For purposes of this subsection: (A) Consumer information The term consumer information means any information from the file of any consumer at a consumer reporting agency, or any product derived from any such information such as consumer credit reports or credit scores or any other risk score or predictor on any consumer. (B) Auto insurance The term auto insurance means any personal automobile line of insurance, as defined in the Uniform Property and Casualty Product Coding Matrix established and maintained by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any successor document. .