Motor vehicle collisions; preservation and collection of certain mobile telephone data.
Summary
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.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Jul 21, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Feb 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Committee
Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senator Surovell Amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N 1-A)
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Jan 22, 2026
Committee
Rereferred from Transportation to Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N)
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Scott Surovell
DDemocratic
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