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30	30	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 1626 By: George
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to motor vehicles; defining terms;
41	41	authorizing certain use of automatic license plate
42	42	reader systems; making certain exce ptions; requiring
43	43	certain permit prior to use; authorizing issuance of
44	44	permits; allowing access for official purposes only;
45	45	requiring adoption for certain written policy;
46	46	listing minimum requires for policy; listing certain
47	47	requirements for use; providing for codification; and
48	48	providing an effective date.
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54	54	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
55	55	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
56	56	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 15 -133 of Title 47, unle ss there
57	57	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
58	58	A. For purposes of this section:
59	59	1. "Alert" means a notification generated by an automated
60	60	license plate recognition system indicating that a vehicle passed an
61	61	automated license plate reco gnition system camera with a license
62	62	plate or vehicle characteristics that mat ch data held by the
63	63	National Crime Information Center or other database or hot list;
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90	90	2. "Automatic license plate reader system " means a system of
91	91	one or more law-enforcement-controlled cameras combined with
92	92	computer algorithms to convert images of registration plates into
93	93	computer-readable data;
94	94	3. "Highway right-of-way" means a public road being maintained
95	95	by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
96	96	4. "Hot list" means a list of license plates or vehicle
97	97	characteristics against which vehicles passing by automatic license
98	98	plate recognition system cameras are checked for matches;
99	99	5. "Law enforcement agency " means any county sheriff, municipal
100	100	police department, the Oklahoma Hi ghway Patrol, and any state or
101	101	local public body that employs public safety personnel; and
102	102	6. "License plate reader data " means the global positioning
103	103	device coordinates, date and time, photograph, license plate number,
104	104	and vehicle characteristics capture d by an automatic license plate
105	105	reader system;
106	106	B. In accordance with applicab le state and federal laws
107	107	governing the use and management of highway rights -of-way and
108	108	subject to the approval of the Federal Highway Administration as
109	109	required by federal law, automatic license plate reader systems may
110	110	be utilized on highway rights -of-way to the extent that such use is
111	111	consistent with the continued use, operation, maintenance, and
112	112	safety of the highway facility and does not interfere with the free
113	113	and safe flow of traffic. Except as provided in Sections 7 -606.1
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140	140	and 7-606.2 of this title, such devices shall not be used to enforce
141	141	state or local traffic violations or issue citations for such
142	142	violations.
143	143	C. Prior to installing an automatic license plate reader sys tem
144	144	camera on a highway right -of-way, a law enforcement agency shall
145	145	obtain a permit from the Department of Transportation. The
146	146	Department shall issue a permit to the law enforcement agency that
147	147	meets standards set by the Department.
148	148	D. In addition to Sections 7-606.1 and 7-606.2 of this title,
149	149	operation of and access to an automa tic license plate reader system
150	150	by law enforcement agencies shall be for official law enforcement
151	151	purposes only.
152	152	E. Prior to the use of an automatic license plate recognition
153	153	system, a law enforcement agency shall adopt and make publicly
154	154	available a written policy governing the use of the automatic
155	155	license plate recognition system that includes, at a minimum:
156	156	1. Supervisory oversight of the automatic license plate
157	157	recognition system;
158	158	2. Training protocol for automatic license plate recognition
159	159	system users;
160	160	3. Protocol for ensuring hot lists stay up to date;
161	161	4. Rules for access to and security of license plate reader
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189	189	5. Rules for retention and destruction of license pla te reader
190	190	data; and
191	191	6. An audit schedule and process to ensure that the system is
192	192	used in accordance with this section and agency policy.
193	193	F. A law enforcement agency using an automatic license plate
194	194	recognition system shall comply with the following:
195	195	1. Upon receipt of an alert and prior to performing a traffic
196	196	stop, an officer, dispatcher, or other law enforcement agency
197	197	employee shall visually confirm that the scanned plate matches the
198	198	alert with regard to plate letters, numbers, and issuing state and
199	199	confirm that the stop meets criteria laid out in the policies of the
200	200	law enforcement agency and applicable law;
201	201	2. License plate reader data shall be deleted within thirty
202	202	(30) days of being recorded in such a manner that the record is
203	203	destroyed and not recoverable, unless the record is a part of an
204	204	ongoing investigation, in which case the data shall be retained and
205	205	destroyed in accordance with applicable records retention laws;
206	206	3. License plate reader data shall be encrypted in transmission
207	207	and at rest, utilizing industry-recognized encryption protocols to
208	208	safeguard against unauthorized access. The data must be stored in a
209	209	manner that meets or exceeds the requirements set forth by
210	210	recognized standards such as IS0/IEC 27001, ensuring comprehensive
211	211	security measures including , but not limited to, physical security,
212	212	access control, and regular security assessments;
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239	239	4. Any license plate or vehicle added to a hot list in order to
240	240	trigger an alert and any search performed of license plate reader
241	241	data shall be supported by a legitimate, specific, and documented
242	242	law enforcement purpose;
243	243	5. Access logs for the automatic license plate recognition
244	244	system shall be maintained to provide a clear audit trail for
245	245	oversight and accountability purposes;
246	246	6. A law enforcement agency authorized to use an automatic
247	247	license plate recognition system und er this section shall own the
248	248	license plate reader data and shall not sell license plate reader
249	249	data for any purpose; and
250	250	7. Law enforcement agencies may share license plate rea der data
251	251	with other law enforcement agencies for legitimate law enforcement
252	252	purposes.
253	253	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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