Governor Brown Signs Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer’s ‘Foster Youth Identity Theft Protection’ Bill
SACRAMENTO, Calif., – Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law Assembly Bill 1658, requiring counties and the State Department of Social Services (DSS) to comply with the federal Child and Family Services and Innovation Act of 2011, which is designed to safeguard foster youths’ credit.
Authored by Assembly Member Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr., AB 1658 mandates DSS to annually inquire each of the three major credit reporting agencies as to whether a foster youth has any consumer credit history.