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H.B. 489 Bill Analysis
135th General Assembly
Click here for H.B. 494’s Fiscal Note
Version: As Introduced
Primary Sponsors: Reps. Dell’Aquila and Rogers
Effective date:
Larry Gunter, Jr., Research Analyst
SUMMARY
 Prohibits a parking fee collection service from selling the personal data of consumers.
 Requires a parking fee collection service to destroy all records of personal data from a
consumer within 30 days after the end of the consumer’s parking session.
 Exempts financial institutions and government entities from the bill’s requirements.
 Specifies that a violation of the bill is a first degree misdemeanor.
DETAILED ANALYSIS
The bill prohibits a parking fee collection service from selling the personal data of its
consumers to a third party. It also requires the service to destroy all records of personal data
from a consumer within 30 days after the consumer’s parking session has ended.1 This applies
when a consumer pays parking fees to a parking fee collection service via a parking meter,
parking kiosk, online application, or other payment method. A parking fee collection service
generally includes an entity, other than a government entity, that collects or assists in collecting
parking fees and personal data related to transactions for the payment of parking fees.
Personal data includes all of the following:
 Consumer’s name;
 Birth date;
 Electronic email address;
 Telephone number;
1 A parking session is the time during which a motor vehicle is parked in a particular location that
requires payment of parking fees. R.C. 4521.11(A)(5).
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 Driver’s license information;
 Make and model of a motor vehicle;
 Motor vehicle license plate information;
 Location data of a parked motor vehicle; and
 Amount of time a motor vehicle was parked in a particular location.2
The penalty for a violation of the bill’s prohibitions is a first degree misdemeanor, which
generally is punishable by a jail term of up to 180 days and a fine of up to $1,000. The bill’s
provisions apply regardless of any terms and conditions between the parking fee collection
service and a consumer.3
The bill does not apply to financial institutions and, as indicated above, to government
entities. A financial institution is any bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit
union, affiliate or subsidiary of a bank, specified registrants, or person registered as a mortgage
lender under certain circumstances. A governmental entity is the state, a state agency, a
political subdivision, the federal government or any federal agency, or any unit, organization,
instrumentality, officer, employee, or member of any of the foregoing.4
HISTORY
Action Date
Introduced 04-16-24
ANHB0489IN-135/sb
2 R.C. 4521.11(A) and (B).
3 R.C. 4521.11(C) and (E); R.C. 2929.24 and 2929.28, not in the bill.
4 R.C. 4521.11(A)(2), (3), and (4) and (D). Regarding the definition of “financial institution, the bill cites
incorrectly to R.C. 1349.86. The correct reference is R.C. 1349.45.
P a g e |2 H.B. 489
As Introduced