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Relates to automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) and mandatory postings of policies and annual reporting requirements.

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New York Senate Bill 963 (2025-2026 session) has not been enacted. It was referred to the Senate Committee on Consumer Protection on January 8, 2025, and the record shows no later action. If enacted, it would amend the executive law in two ways. Section 1 would add a new subdivision 8 to Section 840. It would direct the council to develop, maintain and disseminate a minimum standards policy for automatic license plate reader (ALPR) systems. The policy would cover permissible uses, data sharing and dissemination, prohibited uses, record retention and management, and training. The bill defines an ALPR system as one or more mobile or fixed high-speed cameras used with computer algorithms to convert license plate images into computer-readable data. The council would also recommend to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly rules and regulations for an ongoing training program for all current and new police officers on these policies, plus periodic retraining. Section 2 would add a new Section 837-y. It would require all state and local enforcement agencies to conspicuously post the minimum standards policy on their website, or in their main office if they have no website. The policy would also have to be available to the public on request. Under Section 3, the act would take effect one year after becoming law, and rules needed to implement it could be made before that date.

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