Prohibits automatic license plate reader users from selling, sharing, allowing access to, or transferring automatic license plate reader information to any state or local jurisdiction for the purpose of investigating or enforcing a law that denies or interferes with a person's right to choose or obtain reproductive health care services or any lawful health care services.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8779--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 2, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- recommitted to the
Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection in accordance with Assem-
bly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to restricting the
use of automatic license plate reader information
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
2 394-j to read as follows:
3 § 394-j. Policy for the use of automatic license plate reader systems.
4 1. As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have
5 the following meanings:
6 (a) "Automatic license plate reader system" shall mean a system of one
7 or more mobile or fixed high-speed cameras used in combination with
8 computer algorithms to convert images of license plates into computer-
9 readable data. "Automated license plate reader system" shall include but
10 not be limited to such systems that are subject to multi-agency or
11 vendor agreements that allow the sharing of automatic license plate
12 reader information collected in New York.
13 (b) "Captured plate data" shall mean the GPS coordinates, date and
14 time, photograph, license plate number, and any other data captured by
15 or derived from an automatic license plate reader system.
16 (c) "Automatic license plate reader user" means a person or entity
17 that owns or operates an automatic license plate reader device.
18 (d) "Law enforcement agency" means: (i) a law enforcement agency as
19 defined in subdivision eight of section eighty-six of the public offi-
20 cers law; and (ii) any private investigator, security guard, or watch,
21 guard, or patrol agency licensed pursuant to section seventy-one of this
22 chapter.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 2. (a) An automatic license plate reader user shall not sell, share,
2 allow access to, or transfer captured plate data to any state or local
3 jurisdiction for the purpose of investigating or enforcing a law that
4 denies or interferes with a person's right to choose or obtain reproduc-
5 tive health care services or any lawful health care services.
6 (b) Any automatic license plate reader user in this state, including
7 any law enforcement agency of this state that uses automatic license
8 plate reader systems, shall not share automatic license plate reader
9 information with an out-of-state law enforcement agency without first
10 obtaining a written declaration from the out-of-state law enforcement
11 agency that it expressly affirms that the captured plate data obtained
12 shall not be used in a manner that violates paragraph (a) of this subdi-
13 vision. If a written declaration of affirmation is not executed, the law
14 enforcement agency shall not share the captured plate data with the
15 out-of-state law enforcement agency.
16 (c) Captured plate data shall be maintained confidentially to the
17 fullest extent permitted by law.
18 3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to an electronic
19 toll collection system or associated transaction system or any component
20 thereof which is operated by a public authority for the purpose of
21 imposing and collecting tolls on a roadway within the state.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
23 have become a law.
