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Bill Text

SB1111 - 572R - S Ver 

 Senate Engrossed

 automatic 
 license plate readers

 (now: license 
 plate readers; privacy; violations)

 State of Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 SENATE BILL 1111

AN 
ACT

Amending title 28, chapter 3, Arizona 
Revised Statutes, by adding article 23; relating to automated license plate 
readers.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: 

Section 1. Title 28, chapter 3, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended by adding article 23, to read:

ARTICLE 
23. AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS

START_STATUTE28-1241. Definitions

IN THIS ARTICLE, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE 
REQUIRES:

1. "AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE 
READER" MEANS A TECHNOLOGY THAT PROVIDES STATIONARY or mobile AUTOMATED 
DETECTION OF LICENSE PLATES AND THAT CAPTURES DATA ASSOCIATED WITH LICENSE 
PLATES FOR OFFICIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.

2. "OFFICIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
PURPOSES" includes THE IDENTIFICATION OF STOLEN OR WANTED VEHICLES, STOLEN 
LICENSE PLATES, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MISSING PERSONS, the GATHERING OF 
INFORMATION RELATED TO ACTIVE WARRANTS, SUSPECT INTERDICTION AND STOLEN 
PROPERTY RECOVERY. END_STATUTE

START_STATUTE28-1242. Automated license plate readers; allowable uses; training; 
authorized access

A. A law enforcement agency shall use 
an automated license plate reader only for the following purposes:

1. Legitimate and official law 
enforcement purposes.

2. In conjunction with any patrol 
operation or criminal law enforcement investigation.

3. canvassing license plates around 
any crime scene.

4. checking Any partial license plate 
number reported during a major crime to identify persons of interest.

B. If practicable, a law enforcement 
officer shall verify an automated license plate reader response through an 
authorized central law enforcement database that is accessible to law 
enforcement officers in this state before taking enforcement action based only 
on an alert from an automated license plate reader.

C. an employee of a law enforcement 
agency may not operate an automated license plate reader until the employee 
successfully completes law enforcement agency-approved training for the 
automated license plate reader.

D. an operator of an automated 
license plate reader may not access data from an authorized central law 
enforcement database that is accessible to law enforcement officers in this 
state or a national law enforcement database unless the operator is authorized 
to access the data.

E. notwithstanding 
section 28-1243, subsection D, data from an automated license plate 
reader may be accessed by law enforcement agencies only 
if a trackable criminal case number or a trackable INCIDENT number is provided 
for the data being accessed.END_STATUTE

START_STATUTE28-1243. Automated license plate readers; data and image collection; 
requirements; violation; classification 

A. All 
data and images collected by an automated license plate reader are for official 
use by the law enforcement agency that collected the data and 
images. this section does not prohibit the law 
enforcement agency from allowing a vendor to process de-identified or 
redacted derivatives of data or images collected by an automated license plate 
reader pursuant to a written AGREEMENT if the vendor uses the data or images 
only to operate, secure, test or improve the automated license plate reader 
system.

B. Any data or images collected by 
automated license plate readers are not subject to a public records request, 
except a law enforcement agency shall share any data or images collected by an 
automated license plate reader pursuant to a duly authorized subpoena or any 
other law.

C. A law enforcement agency that 
operates an automated license plate reader is responsible for ensuring proper 
collection and retention of the data and images collected.

D. A person may not access an image 
of a license PLATE or any other accompanying data that is captured by an 
automatic license plate reader more than forty-eight hours after 
notification to law enforcement of an INCIDENT or AN occurrence OF A crime 
unless a judge has issued a search warrant or a city ATTORNEY, a county 
ATTORNEY or the ATTORNEY general issues a subpoena for the image or data, 
except a search warrant or subpoena is not required for any of the following 
circumstances:

1. If the owner of a vehicle gives 
voluntary consent authorizing the operator of an automatic license plate reader 
to access data or images of the owner's vehicle.

2. If the owner of a vehicle files a 
report with a law enforcement agency attesting that the vehicle is lost or 
stolen.

3. If exigent circumstances make it 
impractical to obtain a search warrant or subpoena before the exigent 
circumstances no longer exist.

4. If searching for evidence related 
to an amber alert.

5. If searching for evidence related 
to an alert issued pursuant to section 41-1726, 41-1728