Automated license plate recognition systems: information sharing.

Existing law authorizes the Department of the California Highway Patrol to retain license plate data captured by license plate reader technology for not more than 60 days unless the data is being used as evidence or for the investigation of felonies, and to share that data with law enforcement agencies for specified purposes. With regard to information from automated license plate recognition (ALPR) systems, existing law requires an ALPR operator and an ALPR end-user, as those terms are defined, to implement a usage and privacy policy, as specified, and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices. Existing law prohibits a public agency, as defined, from selling, sharing, or transferring ALPR information, as specified, except to another public agency, and only as otherwise permitted by law. This bill would additionally prohibit a public agency from selling, sharing, or transferring ALPR information to a law enforcement agency of the federal government or another state, unless the ALPR information is being sold, shared, or transferred to locate a vehicle or person reasonably suspected of being involved in the commission of a public offense, and only as otherwise permitted by law. Existing law, the California Values Act, prohibits a California law enforcement agency from, among other things, using agency or department moneys or personnel to investigate, interrogate, detain, detect, or arrest persons for immigration enforcement purposes, as specified. This bill would prohibit a public agency, ALPR operator, or ALPR end-user from selling, sharing, or transferring ALPR information if that sale, sharing, or transferring would violate a provision of the California Values Act, or if the information would be sold, shared, or transferred to a state that has enacted laws that limit access to abortion, as specified, or a state that is subject to the state-funded and state-sponsored travel ban on states that have enacted specified laws that discriminate based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.