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Senate committee advances bill to limit out-of-state and nonlaw-enforcement use of license-plate reader data
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a substitute for SB40 that narrows exceptions for sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data, adds administrative enforcement to the Department of Public Safety and tightens penalties; the sponsor said the measure balances law-enforcement utility with privacy guardrails.
Senate Judiciary Committee members on Monday advanced a committee substitute to Senate Bill 40, a measure designed to set state-level limits on how automated license plate reader (ALPR) data can be shared and used.
Sponsor Senator Wirth told the panel the technology is “a tool for law enforcement that has a very important purpose,” but said the bill is intended to place guardrails on how long data may be retained and with whom it may be shared. The bill’s approach, he said, was informed by work with law enforcement and civil-rights groups and modeled in part on Illinois law.
Proponents included Troy Whisler, chief of the New Mexico State Police, who said the agency has seen “many amazing successes” from ALPRs, including locating kidnapped children…
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