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SB376Introduced in the Senate

Motor vehicle collisions; preservation and collection of certain mobile telephone data.

Engrossed

Introduced by Scott Surovell, District 34

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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 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.

Where it stands

Continued to next session in Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)

March 2, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (6-Y 4-N) · February 23, 2026

6

Yes

4

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

10 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

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See how each delegate voted

DelegateDistrictVote
Richard Sullivan6Yes
Karen Keys-Gamarra7No
Marcus Simon13Yes
Michelle Maldonado20No
Atoosa Reaser27No
Jason Ballard42Yes
Terry Kilgore45Yes
Virgil Thornton86No
Karen Carnegie89Yes
James Leftwich90Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104875D

  2. Referred to Committee on Transportation

  3. Rereferred from Transportation to Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N)

  4. Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/23/2026 11:02 am)

  5. Senate committee offered

  6. Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N 1-A)

  7. Committee substitute printed 26106851D-S1

  8. Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/6/2026 11:02 am)

  9. Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)

  10. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB376)

  11. Rules suspended

  12. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  13. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  14. Read second time

  15. Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to

  16. Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote)

  17. Senator Surovell Amendment agreed to

  18. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute as amended (Voice Vote)

  19. Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A)

  20. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB376)

  21. Placed on Calendar

  22. Read first time

  23. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

  24. Assigned HCJ sub: Civil

  25. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (6-Y 4-N)

  26. House subcommittee offered

  27. Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/25/2026 8:39 am)

  28. Continued to next session in Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)

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