SB376
Motor vehicle collisions; preservation and collection of certain mobile telephone data.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Motor vehicle collisions; preservation and collection of certain mobile telephone data; collision reports.
Allows an attorney who has certified that he represents a party involved in a motor vehicle collision to request in writing that the mobile telephone provider of another party alleged to have caused or contributed to the cause of such collision preserve for a period of 180 days from the ... (More) date of such preservation request certain information related to such other party's mobile telephone. In addition, the bill requires any collision report filed as a result of such collision to include 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 refuses to provide such information to a law-enforcement officer for such collision report and where such refusal materially prevents another person involved in such collision from showing liability for the collision. (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
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26106851D-S1
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/6/2026 11:02 am)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB376)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Senator Surovell Amendment agreed to
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute as amended (Voice Vote)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB376)
- 02/19/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/19/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/19/2026 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/19/2026 - House: Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
- 02/19/2026 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 02/23/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (6-Y 4-N)
- 02/23/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/25/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/25/2026 8:39 am)
- 02/27/2026 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 03/02/2026 - House: Continued to next session in Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
