Loading chat...
TX HB4636
Bill
Status
3/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
Cassandra Garcia Hernandez
Click for details
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