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2024 SESSION

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SB 503 License plate reader systems; use by law-enforcement agencies, civil penalty.

Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

License plate reader systems; civil penalty. Provides requirements for the use of license plate reader systems, defined in the bill, by law-enforcement agencies. The bill limits the use of such systems to scanning, detecting, and recording data about vehicles and license plate numbers for the purpose of identifying a vehicle that is (i) associated with a wanted, missing, or endangered person or human trafficking; (ii) stolen; (iii) involved in an active law-enforcement investigation; or (iv) in the vicinity of a recent crime and may be connected to that crime. The bill authorizes and requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish a permitting process for installing and using such systems in state highway rights-of-way.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100926D  pdf
• 02/01/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106928D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/12/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107647D-S2  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100926D
• 01/09/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
• 02/01/24  Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
• 02/01/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106928D-S1
• 02/01/24  Senate: Incorporates SB (Diggs)
• 02/01/24  Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
• 02/12/24  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (6-Y 4-N 2-A)
• 02/12/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107647D-S2
• 02/13/24  Senate: Read second time
• 02/13/24  Senate: Committee substitute rejected 24106928D-S1
• 02/13/24  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/13/24  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107647D-S2
• 02/13/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB503S2
• 02/13/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/24  Senate: Defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N)
• 02/13/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)