SB 6002 — Concerning driver privacy protections.

ENGROSSEDS-3423.4 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6002 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session By Senate Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Trudeau, Holy, Alvarado, Bateman, Chapman, Conway, Dhingra, Frame, Hasegawa, Kauffman, Lovelett, Nobles, Pedersen, Shewmake, Slatter, Stanford, and Valdez)Valdez READPrefiled FIRST01/07/26. TIME 01/23/26.

Read first time 01/12/26.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

1 ESSBSB 6002 NEW SECTION.

An ALPR excludes automated traffic safety cameras authorized under RCW 46.63.180, 46.63.200, or 46.63.220 through 46.63.260 that do not interface or interact with an ALPR systemsystem. and photo toll system cameras authorized under RCW 47.56.795 or 47.46.105.

(8) "Local agency" includes every county, city, town, municipal corporation, quasi-municipal corporation, special purpose district, local housing authorities, or any office, department, division, p.

2 ESSBSB 6002 (8) "Local agency" includes every county, city, town, municipal corporation, quasi-municipal corporation, special purpose district, local housing authorities, or any office, department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency thereof, or other local public agency including their respective employees and agents.

or (ii) License plate numbers that have been manually entered into a state or local automated license plate reader system database, upon an officer's determination that the license plate numbers are relevant and material to an investigation of a vehicle that is:

(b) Any parking enforcement agency including, but not limited to, the department of enterprise services and institutions of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016 may use an automated license plate reader system for the following purposes:

p.(i) Enforcing time restrictions on the use of parking spaces;

3 ESSB 6002 (i) Enforcing time restrictions on the use of parking spaces;

(c)p. Any transportation agency may use an automated license plate reader system for the following purposes:

3 SB 6002 (c) An automated license plate reader system may be used as a component of photo toll systems authorized by RCW 47.56.795 or 47.46.105.

(d) Any transportation agency may use an automated license plate reader system for the following purposes:

(d) State and local agencies operating ALPR systems are the legal owners of the associated ALPR data.

The officer shall develop independent reasonable suspicion for the stop or immediately confirm visually that the license plate on the vehicle matches the image of the license plate displayed on the automated license plate reader system and confirm by other means that the p.

4 ESSBSB 6002 shall develop independent reasonable suspicion for the stop or immediately confirm visually that the license plate on the vehicle matches the image of the license plate displayed on the automated license plate reader system and confirm by other means that the license plate number is on one of the lists specified in subsection (2)(a) of this section.

Automated license plate reader data collected by or on behalf of an agency, as authorized pursuant to section 3(2) of this act, shall not be used or shared for any other purpose and shall not be retained longer than 2172 days,hours, with the following exceptions:

(1) When retained pursuant to a valid, court-issued, probable cause felony warrant or subpoena, or as permitted by court order in criminal or civil cases, provided the data is deleted at the conclusion of the criminal or civil case.

(3) When retained for the purpose of traffictoll studies,collection, providedfor theas long as such captured ALPR data is deletedneeded noto latersupport thanthe 30assessment daysand aftercollection collection;of a toll pursuant to section 3(2)(c) of this act;

(4) When retained for the purpose of enforcingtraffic commercialstudies, vehicle systems, provided the data is deleted no later than four30 hoursdays after collection;

and (5) When retained for the purpose in section 3(2)(a) of thisenforcing actcommercial forvehicle assystems, longprovided asthe such captured ALPR data is neededdeleted asno evidencelater ofthan specificfour unlawfulhours conductafter enumeratedcollection; in section 3(2)(a) of this act.

and (6) When retained for the purpose in section 3(2)(a) of this act for as long as such captured ALPR data is needed as evidence of specific unlawful conduct enumerated in section 3(2)(a) of this act.

(2) Any agency that uses a watch list pursuant to section 3(2) (a) and (b)(ii) of this act must ensure the watch list is updated no less than once every 24 hours.

5 ESSBSB 6002 (2)(3) AnyAn agency thatshall usesnot asell, watchlease, listrent, pursuantor topurchase sectionautomated 3(2)license (a)plate andreader (b)(ii)data ofor thisaudit acttrail mustdata. ensure the watch list is updated no less than once every 24 hours.

(3) An agency shall not sell, lease, rent, or purchase automated license plate reader data or audit trail data.

(7) ALPR vendors are prohibited from selling, leasing, renting, or otherwise allowing access to ALPR data to any nonauthorized agency, person, or entity.

(8) An ALPR vendor is prohibited from making any changes to an ALPR system, including but not limited to software updates that may change sharing permissions, without the knowledge or explicit consent of the authorized Washington agency.

ALPR vendors must default any settings related to sharing to prevent any sharing of an agency's data with any nonauthorized agency, person, or entity.

(1) Maintain a record of that accessaccess. for five years.

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6 ESSB 6002 NEW SECTION.

Any information obtained fromin a knowing violation of section 3 of this act is inadmissible in any civil or criminal case in all courts of general or limited jurisdiction in this state, except with the permission of the person whose rights have been violated in an action brought for damages under section 11 of this act.

(2)(a)p. By December 1, 2027, any agency that uses an automated license plate reader system pursuant to section 3(2) of this act shall:

6 SB 6002 (2)(a) By December 1, 2027, any agency that uses an automated license plate reader system pursuant to section 3(2) of this act shall:

(F) Any changes in policy that affect dataprivacy collection,concerns; retention period, access or sharing;

p.(G) Results from the agency's internal audit of its ALPR system;

7 ESSB 6002 (G) Results from the agency's internal audit of its ALPR system;

(4)p. By December 31, 2027, the attorney general shall publish on its website a report on the requirements of this section, including copies of the model policies.

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