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House narrows photo‑radar use and requires limits after intense privacy and due‑process debate
Summary
The House passed a substituted version of the automated‑enforcement bill (2nd H.Sub. to SB 8) that narrows allowable uses and requires procedural safeguards after floor amendments addressing where machines may be used and whether citations must include photographs; the substitute passed 52–20 and returns to the Senate.
The House spent substantial floor time debating the second house substitute to Senate Bill 8, the bill that governs automated traffic enforcement (commonly called photo‑radar). Lawmakers confronted disagreements over constitutional concerns, accuracy and local revenue motives.
The substitute arriving from committee sought to limit photo‑radar use to areas approved by local governing bodies based on demonstrated public‑safety need, require a photograph with citations, and prevent automated citations from counting as reportable moving violations on a driver's record. During…
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