AB 196

This bill creates several crimes relating to credit card scanners and identity

theft. First, this bill makes it a Class I felony to possess a credit card scanner with

the intent to commit identity theft. Second, this bill makes it a Class H felony to

possess a credit card scanner with the intent to transfer the scanner to another,

knowing that the transferee will use it to commit identity theft. Third, this bill

makes it a Class H felony to use or attempt to use a credit card scanner to commit

identity theft, except that, if the person obtains credit, money, goods, services, or

something else of value from the use, he or she is guilty of a Class G felony.

Under the bill, a seller of motor vehicle fuel who uses credit or debit

card-operated fuel pumps and an owner or operator of automated teller machines

is immune from civil liability for unauthorized credit card reencoders or scanning

devices that are installed on his or her machines.