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Lance Bandley ReportingCongress is considering a bill in Washington that may get rid of Utah's law that allows people to freeze their credit to protect them from identity theft.
It took two years for Utah to get a law to allow folks to put a freeze on their credit.
"If they do pass this bill it will preempt anything in the state," says Utah State Senator Carlene Walker.
Walker sponsored the bill in the legislature and says Utah's bill is cutting edge legislation that will be used as a model this summer at a national conference of legislators.
"I will be extremely disappointed if they undo all our hard work on the federal level," says Walker.
The House may vote as soon as next week on a bill to pre-empt Utah's and 16 other states' laws allowing credit freezes, saying it hurts businesses.
