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Government entities prohibited from using automated license plate readers, and use of automated license plate readers by other persons regulated.

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H.F. No. 3856 has not been enacted. It was introduced March 2, 2026 and referred to the House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee. If enacted, it would add Minnesota Statutes section 325M.40 and ban government entities from using automated license plate recognition (ALPR) systems. They could not collect data for an ALPR system or disseminate data to one (subd. 2(a)). Law enforcement agencies could not collect, receive, or access ALPR data without a judicial warrant (subd. 2(b)). Private users who collect ALPR data would have to post signs that inform drivers the system is in use. They could not sell, transfer, share, or disseminate data about an individual or the individual's vehicle without the individual's affirmative consent, a court order, or a judicial warrant (subd. 3(a)-(b)). ALPR data would count as personal data under section 325M.11 and be subject to sections 325M.10 to 325M.21 (subd. 3(c)). Traffic safety camera systems are excluded from the definition. Section 2 would require law enforcement agencies that used ALPRs under section 13.824 to destroy all ALPR data within seven days of the effective date. The exception is active or inactive criminal investigative data under section 13.82, subdivision 7. Agencies would then notify the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Section 3 would repeal Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.824 and 626.8472. Those sections now set rules for law enforcement ALPR use: data classification, 60-day retention, logs, audits, and written policies. Section 4 makes the act effective the day after final enactment.

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