California lawmakers on the Assembly Transportation Committee advanced SB 1013 on June 22, moving the bill forward with language aimed at tightening safeguards for automated license plate reader systems and setting a statewide data-retention limit.
A committee summary says the measure would strengthen controls around ALPR data and establish a statewide retention standard. Supporters pointed to prior California State Auditor concerns, alleged misuse of license plate reader data and examples of improper searches, including out-of-state access cited during the hearing. The summary also says the discussion referenced San Francisco police and ICE in connection with illegal searches, and it identified Flock Safety as a prominent vendor whose default retention limit was mentioned in support of the bill.
The hearing summary also says testimony described ALPR misuse across multiple counties, including Marin, Riverside, Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and Sacramento. It said the California Department of Justice was referenced as the agency that would conduct annual review under the bill.
The committee record reviewed for this story does not include the final vote tally, and the excerpt does not specify whether any amendments were adopted before the bill moved ahead. The available material also does not include the underlying auditor report or full bill text, so the proposal’s final enforcement details are not yet clear.
SB 1013 is part of a larger committee hearing that also covered traffic safety, autonomous vehicles, clean transportation and procurement bills.
