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Debate over automated enforcement: LB616 would allow license‑plate readers for red‑light enforcement with civil penalties
Summary
Sen. Kavanaugh’s LB616 would permit automatic license‑plate readers on red‑light cameras and impose a civil fee or driver safety class in lieu of criminal penalties; proponents cited safety gains, opponents raised constitutional, privacy and technology concerns.
Senator John Kavanaugh introduced LB616 as an effort to allow automated red‑light enforcement that avoids criminal penalties, saying he wanted a “non criminal infraction, if possible” to address due‑process concerns the Nebraska Supreme Court has raised about photographic enforcement.
Under Kavanaugh’s proposal, automatic license‑plate readers would be used only for this enforcement and violations would lead to a civil fee or a required driver safety program. “No points would be assessed, and no warrant would be issued for a violation,” he told the committee, and the bill would not result in points against…
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