Salvage Certificates of Title and Certificates of Destruction
Summary
Salvage Certificates of Title and Certificates of Destruction; Requires insurance companies or their authorized agents to implement control processes & procedures to ensure adequate identity verification of electronic signatures.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 5, 2026
Signed Apr 29, 2026
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H 961 c1
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H 961 er
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MINOR
The bill has been updated from a committee version to its enrolled, final form ready for signing. The primary changes involve formatting updates, such as adding 'ENROLLED' and '2026 Legislature' headers, and updating the document identifier from 'c1' (committee) to 'er' (enrolled). No substantive policy changes, such as new laws, funding, or eligibility criteria, were made in this version.
TECHNICAL
Updated document status from 'CS/HB 961' to 'ENROLLED CS/HB 961' and the footer identifier from 'hb961-01-c1' to 'hb961 -01-er' to reflect the bill's final passage.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2026 · House Feb 25, 2026
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 39
Mar 4, 2026
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
43
Key actions
15
Committee
18
Apr 29, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of State Affairs Committee
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable by State Affairs Committee
lower
Feb 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in State Affairs Committee
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Committee
Referred to State Affairs Committee
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Committee
Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee
lower
Jan 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to State Affairs Committee
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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