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Senate bill would bar collection on debts tied to identity theft and 'coerced debt'; advocates urge streamlined evidence options
Summary
Senate Bill 2902, authored by Senator Zaffirini, would prohibit creditors and collectors from pursuing consumer debt against victims of identity theft and coerced debt when the consumer provides specified documentation. Survivor advocates and academics urged the committee to add a police report as an accepted form of proof.
Senator Zaffirini laid out Senate Bill 2902, which would expand protections for victims of identity theft and "coerced debt"—a form of economic abuse in which an abuser fraudulently incurs credit in a victim’s name. The bill would bar creditors and third‑party collectors from attempting to collect a consumer debt from a victim of identity theft if the…
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