Rep. Thomas Holbrook

Creates the Scavenger Sales Ethics Act. Contains only a short title provision.

Amends the Attorney General Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Attorney General's oath and bond.

Amends the Attorney General Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning the short title of the Act.

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that any person who uses a consumer credit report in connection with the approval of credit based on the application for an extension of credit, and who has received notification of a police report filed with a consumer credit reporting agency that the applicant has been a victim of aggravated identity theft, may not lend money or extend credit without taking reasonable steps to verify the consumer's identity and confirm that the application for an extension of credit is not the result of financial identity theft or aggravated identity theft. Adds that a consumer may place a security freeze on his or her credit report by making a request directly to the consumer credit reporting agency through a secure electronic mail connection, if an electronic mail connection is provided by the consumer credit reporting agency. Provides that a consumer credit reporting agency shall not charge a fee for placing, removing, or removing for a specific party or period of time a security freeze on a credit report, if the consumer submits to the credit reporting agency a valid copy of a police report, investigative report, or complaint that the consumer has filed with a law enforcement agency about the unlawful use of his or her personal information by another person. Allows the credit reporting agency to charge a fee of not more than $10 to a consumer for each security freeze or temporary lift of a security freeze for a specific party and a fee of not more than $8 for removal of a security freeze or temporary lift of a security freeze for a period of time. Provides that the consumer credit reporting agency shall send a written confirmation of the security freeze to the consumer within 5 (instead of 10) business days of placing the freeze on the account. Requires the Director of the Division of Financial Institutions in the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to promulgate rules necessary to allow the use of electronic media to receive and process a request from a consumer to temporarily lift a security freeze as quickly as possible, with the goal of processing a request within 15 minutes of that request. Defines "consumer", "consumer credit reporting agency", "credit report", "Director", and "security freeze". Changes references from "credit reporting agency" to "consumer credit reporting agency". Effective January 1, 2007.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning deceptive collection practices.

Amends the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing Act. Provides that no person shall, without a valid license as a professional counselor issued by the Department, offer to render or render professional counseling services to individuals, corporations, or the public (now, offer to render or render professional counseling services to individuals, corporations, or the public if the words "professional counselor" or "licensed professional counselor" are used to describe the person offering to render or rendering them, or "professional counseling" is used to describe the services rendered or offered to be rendered).

Designates May 2006 as Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month.

Congratulates Margaret McGlynn of Belleville on being a recipient of a 2006 Prudential Spirit of Community Award.

Mourns the death in Afghanistan of Staff Sergeant Edwin Herbert DazaChacón, formerly of Belleville.

Amends the Personal Information Protection Act. Changes the definition of "breach of security of the system data" to "breach of the security of the system data or written material". Provides that the notice requirements of the Act apply to breaches of written material containing personal information. Provides that any State agency that collects personal data and has had a breach of security of the system data or written material shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly listing the breaches and outlining any corrective measures that have been taken to prevent future breaches of the security of the system data or written material. Effective immediately.