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Virginia license plate reader bill survives, but surveillance concerns loom

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Despite near defeat and intense debate, a proposal to regulate automated license plate readers is still alive in Virginia’s General Assembly — though not without significant revisions and shifting alliances. House Bill 2724, sponsored by Del. Charniele Herring, D-Alexandria, aims to rein in the widely used but loosely regulated surveillance technology. Initially, Herring sought to cap law enforcement’s data storage at 30 days, but opposition fro…

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Washington Top News

Virginia license plate reader bill survives, but surveillance concerns loom

5 days ago·Washington, United States

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Virginia Mercury

License plate reader bill survives, but surveillance concerns loom

Flock Safety cameras capture license plates. (Photo courtesy of Flock Safety)Despite near defeat and intense debate, a proposal to regulate automated license plate readers is still alive in Virginia’s General Assembly — though not without significant revisions and shifting alliances. House Bill 2724, sponsored by Del. Charniele Herring, D-Alexandria, aims to rein in the widely used but loosely regulated surveillance technology. Initially, Herrin…

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WRIC

Senate amends bill to regulate automatic license plate readers in VA, pumps the brakes on expanding the technology to state highways

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - With just a few days left in the 2025 Regular General Assembly Session, lawmakers continued to grapple with how to regulate and perhaps expand the use of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) in Virginia. “We had a member of our General Assembly’s father who was found because of a license plate reader just a few weeks ago,” House Majority Leader Delegate Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria) told 8News. The Senate Courts of…

6 days ago·Richmond, United States

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Richmond Times-Dispatch

Controversial Virginia bill on license plate readers advancing again

The bill would set rules about who can see and use data from license plate readers and could allow the readers to be installed along up to 60,000 miles of

6 days ago·Richmond, United States

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WTVR

How long should police be allowed to keep your license plate reader data?

RICHMOND, Va. Facing a looming deadline, a bill to regulate law enforcement's use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) remains in consideration in this year's General Assembly.Monday, the same Senate Committee that rejected the bill two weeks ago approved a slightly different version presented by its sponsor, who said legislation is needed to regulate a technology that is currently in a legal gray area."Without this bill, there are no prot…

6 days ago·Richmond, United States

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