# 117-hr-8478: Credit Reporting Accuracy After a Legal Name Change Act of 2022

117-hr-8478, Credit Reporting Accuracy After a Legal Name Change Act of 2022, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA); status Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-8478
- Congress: 117
- Title: Credit Reporting Accuracy After a Legal Name Change Act of 2022
- Status: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23.
- Introduced: 2022-07-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Credit Reporting Accuracy After a Legal Name Change Act of 2022 This bill prohibits, upon a consumer's request, a credit reporting agency from including on a consumer credit report a consumer's prior name after a legal name change.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2022-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newman, Marie [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2022-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] (D-NY), 2022-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2022-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2022-07-28T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-8478 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8478)

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- [117-hr-1842: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1842)
- [117-hr-8770: Expanding the VOTE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8770)
- [117-hr-8297: Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8297)
- [117-hres-1209: Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implem…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-1209)
- [117-hres-1152: Condemning the atrocity that occurred in Buffalo, New York, on May 14, 2022, in…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-1152)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8478 (as of 2025-11-18).