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Assembly Bill A10808

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to automatic license plate reader systems

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2025-A10808 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §397-c, Gen Bus L; amd §2985, Pub Auth L

2025-A10808 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of automatic license plate reader systems or captured plate data by government entities except for certain purposes.

2025-A10808 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10808
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 1, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law and the public authorities law,
   in relation to automatic license plate reader systems
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 397-c to read as follows:
   § 397-C. AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEMS. 1. DEFINITIONS.    AS
 USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEAN-
 INGS:
   (A)  "AUTOMATIC  LICENSE  PLATE  READER SYSTEM" OR "ALPR SYSTEM" SHALL
 MEAN A SYSTEM, SOFTWARE, OR COMPUTER ALGORITHM, WHETHER  USED  INDEPEND-
 ENTLY  OR  IN  COMBINATION  WITH  ONE  OR MORE MOBILE OR FIXED AUTOMATED
 CAMERAS, USED TO CONVERT IMAGES OF LICENSE PLATES INTO COMPUTER-READABLE
 DATA.
   (B) "CAPTURED PLATE DATA" SHALL MEAN THE LOCATION, INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO  GPS  COORDINATES,  DATE AND TIME, PHOTOGRAPH, LICENSE PLATE
 NUMBER, AND ANY OTHER DATA CAPTURED BY, DERIVED FROM, OR  INFERRED  FROM
 AN AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A
 VEHICLE'S  MAKE,  MODEL,  COLOR,  BUMPER STICKERS, ROOF RACKS, AND OTHER
 CHARACTERISTICS OR FEATURES.
   (C) "GOVERNMENT ENTITY" SHALL MEAN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  OR  ANY
 DEPARTMENT,  AGENCY,  INSTRUMENTALITY, OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF,
 OR ANY PERSON, AGENT, ENTITY, OR CONTRACTOR ACTING FOR, ON BEHALF OF, OR
 PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT THEREWITH.
   (D) "HOT LIST" SHALL MEAN A DATABASE  OF  LICENSE  PLATE  NUMBERS  AND
 OTHER  IDENTIFYING  INFORMATION  REGARDING VEHICLES THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
 REASONABLY BELIEVES ARE  RELATED  TO  AN  ONGOING  CRIMINAL  OR  MISSING
 PERSONS  INVESTIGATION  AND  THAT  (I)  WAS  CREATED AND MAINTAINED BY A
 FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCY, (II) OPERATES IN  A  MANNER
 THAT  IS  FULLY CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, AND (III) IS
 UPDATED FREQUENTLY ENOUGH TO ENSURE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN IS
 ACCURATE, RELEVANT, TIMELY, AND COMPLETE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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