Connecticut HB 5552: AN ACT CONCERNING THE BONUS DEPRECIATION TAX DEDUCTION SCHEDULE FOR PASS-THROUGH ENTITIES.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5552
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE CONTRACTS
CONCERNING AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER
INFORMATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Automated license plate reader" means a mobile or fixed 2
electronic image recording device that is capable, in combination with 3
computer programs or algorithms, of converting images of license 4
plates into computer-readable data; 5
(2) "Automated license plate reader information" means information 6
that is (A) gathered by an automated license plate reader, or (B) created 7
through an analysis of the information gathered by an automated 8
license plate reader; 9
(3) "Vendor" means a person that (A) owns or operates an automated 10
license plate reader, or (B) has access to the automated license plate 11
reader information gathered by the automated license plate reader; 12
(4) "Contracting public agency" means the public agency that enters 13
into a contract with a vendor concerning the creation, use or storage of 14
automated license plate reader information; 15

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(5) "Person" means an individual, association, corporation, limited 16
liability company, partnership, trust or other legal entity; and 17
(6) "Public agency" has the same meaning as provided in section 1-18
200 of the general statutes. 19
(b) On and after October 1, 2026, no public agency shall enter into or 20
renew any contract with a vendor, unless such contract provides that 21
the vendor shall not engage in any of the following activities with 22
respect to any automated license plate reader information gathered in 23
this state: 24
(1) Sell such automated license plate reader information; 25
(2) Share or transfer such automated license plate reader information 26
to any person or public agency other than the contracting public agency, 27
without receiving the prior express written authorization of the 28
contracting public agency for the sharing of such automated license 29
plate reader information for a specific purpose, and prior notification to 30
the Governor; 31
(3) Allow any person other than the contracting public agency to 32
access such automated license plate reader information, unless the 33
vendor is required to allow such person to access such automated 34
license plate reader information pursuant to a signed judicial warrant or 35
valid court order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction. As used in 36
this subdivision, "judicial warrant or valid court order" excludes any 37
subpoena or demand of a grand jury investigation; or 38
(4) Store or maintain the contracting public agency's automated 39
license plate reader information (A) with the automated license plate 40
reader information stored or maintained pursuant to a contract with a 41
different public agency concerning automated license plate reader 42
information or any such automated license plate reader information 43
stored or maintained pursuant to a contract with any other person 44
concerning such automated license plate reader information, (B) in a 45
state other than this state, or (C) in a manner that is not in accordance 46

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with industry-recognized data security practices, including, but not 47
limited to, using encryption when transmitting or storing such 48
automated license plate reader information. 49
(c) Beginning on October 1, 2026, no public agency shall enter into or 50
renew any contract with a vendor unless such contract (1) provides that 51
the vendor consents to personal jurisdiction in this state in the event of 52
any legal proceeding, and (2) contains a choice of law provision that 53
states that Connecticut state law shall be the controlling law for the 54
contract. 55
(d) (1) Automated license plate reader information is confidential and 56
shall not be deemed a public record for the purposes of the Freedom of 57
Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 of the general statutes, and 58
shall not be disclosed, except as provided in subdivision (2) of 59
subsection (b) of this section and subdivision (2) of this subsection. Any 60
of the following information shall be disclosable pursuant to said act: 61
(A) Locations of any still or video image recording device used as part 62
of an automated license plate reader; and 63
(B) Any data, other than automated license plate reader information, 64
derived from any audit of an automated license plate reader, usage logs 65
for such reader and logs detailing access to automated license plate 66
reader information, provided any such data disclosable under this 67
subsection has all automated license plate reader information redacted 68
from otherwise disclosable data. 69
(2) Any person who seeks to obtain automated license plate reader 70
information concerning a motor vehic