SB376
Motor vehicle collisions; preservation and collection of certain mobile telephone data.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 4, 2026
Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Chief Patron:
Scott Surovell (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Motor vehicle collisions; preservation and collection of certain mobile telephone data; collision reports.
Allows an attorney who has certified that he represents a person injured in a motor vehicle collision to request in writing that the mobile telephone provider of the injured person preserve for a period of 180 days from the date of such preservation request certain information related to the injured ... (More) person's mobile telephone. In addition, the bill requires that a law-enforcement officer include on any collision report the mobile telephone number, mobile telephone provider, and International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number for any driver involved in a motor vehicle collision. The bill also creates a rebuttable presumption of spoliation of evidence where a person fails to preserve mobile telephone records or provide the required information for a collision report. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104875D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/22/2026 - Senate: Rereferred from Transportation to Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N)
- 01/22/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 01/23/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/23/2026 11:02 am)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N 1-A)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
