2025 bills / S.B. 138
S.B. 138 License Plate Reader Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee (stopped here)
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
The bill would let government agencies use data collected by automatic license plate readers for certain law enforcement purposes. It would allow that use even in some cases where the data was gathered without a warrant.
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Official description
- allows a government entity to use information and data obtained from an automatic license plate reader for certain law enforcement purposes, including certain instances where the information was not obtained pursuant to a warrant
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What members get
- An alert the day S.B. 138 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When S.B. 138 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
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Every vote
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Hearings and debates
- Jan 28, 2025 Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee