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TX HB4636

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Cassandra Garcia Hernandez

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds "real-time driving data" as a new defined term in Texas Business & Commerce Code, covering information collected while driving including acceleration, braking, location, speed, and trip start/stop times

  • Classifies real-time driving data as "sensitive data" under existing consumer privacy law, placing it in the same protected category as racial origin, health information, biometric data, and children's data

  • Requires controllers (businesses) that sell precise geolocation data to post a specific notice stating: "NOTICE: We may sell your precise geolocation data"

  • Mandates the geolocation sale notice be displayed in the same location and manner as the company's general privacy notice

  • Takes effect September 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Relating to the collection and disclosure of a consumer's driving and precise geolocation data.

Business & Commerce

Last Action

Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

4/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development4/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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