Existing law prohibits the state, a city, a county, a city and county, or any agency or political subdivision of the state, a city, a county, or a city and county, including, but not limited to, a law enforcement agency, from selling, sharing, or transferring automated license plate recognition (ALPR) information, except to another public agency, and only as otherwise permitted by law. Existing law defines ALPR information as information or data collected through the use of an ALPR system.
This bill would prohibit a public agency from retaining ALPR information for more than 60 days after the date of collection if it does not match information on a hot list, as defined. By imposing new requirements on public agencies, which include local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Existing law requires an ALPR operator and ALPR end-user to maintain reasonable security procedures and practices, including operational, administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, to protect ALPR information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure.
This bill would require those security procedures and practices to include safeguards for managing which employees can see the data from their systems, as specified, and requiring data security training and data privacy training for all employees that access ALPR information.
Existing law requires an ALPR operator and ALPR end-user to implement a usage and privacy policy that includes, among other things, a description of the job title or other designation of the employees and independent contractors who are authorized to access and use ALPR information.
This bill would require the usage and privacy policy to identify what purpose employees and independent contractors access and use ALPR information for. The bill would also require the Department of Justice to conduct annual random audits on a public agency that is an ALPR operator or ALPR end-user to determine whether they have implemented that usage and privacy policy.
The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Statutes affected:
03/26/25 - Amended Senate: 1798.90.51 CIV, 1798.90.51 CIV, 1798.90.53 CIV, 1798.90.53 CIV, 1798.90.54 CIV, 1798.90.54 CIV
04/10/25 - Amended Senate: 1798.90.51 CIV, 1798.90.53 CIV, 1798.90.54 CIV
05/01/25 - Amended Senate: 1798.90.5 CIV, 1798.90.5 CIV, 1798.90.51 CIV, 1798.90.53 CIV, 1798.90.54 CIV
05/23/25 - Amended Senate: 1798.90.5 CIV, 1798.90.51 CIV, 1798.90.53 CIV, 1798.90.54 CIV