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Representative Rachelson urges limits on law-enforcement use of license-plate readers as statutory sunset approaches

3111233 · April 24, 2025
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Representative Barbara Rachelson presented House Bill 500, seeking to reinstate or replace statutory limits on law-enforcement use, retention and training for automated license-plate readers (ALPRs) before a scheduled sunset on July 1; she warned rapid commercialization of plate databases raises privacy concerns.

Representative Barbara Rachelson presented House Bill 500 to the House Transportation Committee on April 24, stating that current statutory restrictions on automated license-plate readers (ALPRs) are set to expire on July 1 and that lawmakers should consider retaining or updating limits on law-enforcement use.

Rachelson said the committee previously limited ALPR use with a sunset and training, and that recent technology changes make the issue timely: "the technology's changed again. So it's not very…

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