Report 2019-118 Recommendation Responses
Report 2019-118: Automated License Plate Readers: To Better Protect Individuals' Privacy, Law Enforcement Must Increase Its Safeguards for the Data It Collects (Release Date: February 2020)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To better protect individual's privacy and to help ensure that local law enforcement agencies structure their ALPR programs in a manner that supports accountability for proper database use, the Legislature should amend state law to require Justice to draft and make available on its website a policy template that local law enforcement agencies can use as a model for their ALPR policies.
Description of Legislative Action
AB 1076 (Kiley, 2021) would have required Justice to draft and make available on its website an ALPR system policy template for local law enforcement agencies. This bill died in the Assembly.
SB 210 (Weiner, 2021) would have required Justice, on or before July 1, 2022, to draft and make available on its website a policy template and would permit local law enforcement agencies to use the template as a model for their ALPR policies. This bill died in the Senate.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: February 2022
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Legislation Proposed But Not Enacted
Description of Legislative Action
SB 210 (Weiner) was introduced on January 12, 2021, and would require Justice, on or before July 1, 2022, to draft and make available on its website a policy template and would permit local law enforcement agencies to use the template as a model for their ALPR policies.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: February 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Legislation Introduced
Description of Legislative Action
SB 1143 (Wiener) would require Justice, on or before July 1, 2021, to draft and make available on its website a policy template and would permit local law enforcement agencies to use the template as a model for their ALPR policies. As of August 13, 2020, this bill is pending in the Senate Transportation Committee.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: August 2020