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Senate approves limits on automatic license-plate readers, bars new VDOT installations pending reenactment
Summary
After lengthy debate, the Senate passed a bill imposing stricter rules on how automatic license-plate recognition (ALPR) data may be stored and used, reducing retention from 30 to 21 days and placing a reenactment clause on any expansion onto VDOT right-of-way.
The Senate on Thursday passed legislation that tightens use, retention and vendor requirements for automatic license-plate recognition (ALPR) systems used by government entities.
Senator Sarravel, the senator from Eastern Fairfax, explained the version before the chamber included two major changes from earlier drafts: a reenactment clause that pauses any expansion of ALPR installations onto Virginia Department of…
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