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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma House Bill 1626 Regulates Automatic License Plate Reader Systems on Highways
Last action · February 4, 2025: Second Reading referred to Rules
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What This Bill Proposed
Oklahoma House Bill 1626 authorizes law enforcement agencies to use s on highway rights-of-way, subject to Department of Transportation permit approval and federal standards, effective November 1, 2025. The measure prohibits using these devices to enforce traffic violations or issue citations, restricts data access to official law enforcement purposes, and requires agencies to adopt public written policies governing oversight, data security, retention, and audits.
Law enforcement agencies statewide face new statutory mandates requiring them to obtain permits, encrypt captured data, delete non-investigative logs within thirty days, and publish written use policies before operating automated plate readers.
- Automatic license plate reader systems capture photographic data and vehicle characteristics using roadside cameras to match against law enforcement hot lists. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
law enforcement agencies
Law enforcement agencies must secure Department of Transportation permits, adopt public written policies, encrypt and manage data retention, and comply with visual confirmation requirements before conducting traffic stops based on alerts.
motorists in Oklahoma
Motorists are protected by restrictions prohibiting license plate readers from being used for routine traffic citations, mandating the deletion of stored data within thirty days, and requiring encryption of personal vehicle characteristics.
Oklahoma Department of Transportation
The Department is tasked with reviewing, setting standards for, and issuing permits to law enforcement agencies for installing camera systems on highway rights-of-way.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Rules
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative George
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
Version history
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Establishment of Statewide ALPR Oversight
The bill transitions automated license plate reader deployment from unregulated local implementation to a formalized statutory framework requiring Department of Transportation permits and explicit data retention limits.
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Sources
www.oklegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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