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Committee weighs statewide limits on license‑plate readers amid privacy and policing concerns
Summary
House Bill 2332 would regulate automated license plate readers (ALPRs): prohibit many uses, limit retention (generally 72 hours with exceptions), and restrict sharing with third parties. Privacy, immigrant‑rights and reproductive‑rights groups supported strict limits; law enforcement and some local governments urged longer retention and operational exceptions.
Lawmakers and stakeholders spent much of Jan. 20 debating House Bill 2332, a proposed regulatory framework for automated license plate reader systems (ALPRs) used by law enforcement, parking and transportation agencies.
Sponsor Representative Usman Saladin said the bill would set statewide guardrails to protect residents from unchecked data sharing while preserving legitimate public-safety uses. "Every single day in our state, surveillance technology collects data on thousands of Washingtonians without clear rules governing how that data can be used or shared," Saladin said.
Civil‑liberties, immigrant‑rights and reproductive‑rights groups urged tight limits on retention and…
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