Katie Lannan reports:
A compromise bill filed Tuesday by a House-Senate conference committee would afford Massachusetts residents a year and a half of free credit monitoring services if their personal data and Social Security number are compromised by a data security breach.
The panel, chaired by Rep. Tackey Chan and Sen. Barbara L’Italien, filed its report with the House clerk’s office around 5:30 p.m. after all six of its members had signed off. The bill could surface for a vote on Wednesday.
Read more on WBUR.
Bill information: H4806
Headline corrected post-publication. I had used WBUR’s headline, which unfortunately said “Protest” instead of “Protect.” Thanks to the Twitter user who alerted me to it.