HB 2174 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in enforcement, providing for use of automated license plate reader information prohibited.

PRINTER'S NO.   2830

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                           HOUSE BILL
                           No. 2174
                                                 Session of
                                                   2026

     INTRODUCED BY DAVIDSON, DALEY, OTTEN, SHUSTERMAN, WAXMAN,
        RIVERA, HANBIDGE AND SANCHEZ, JANUARY 30, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 30, 2026


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in enforcement, providing for use of automated
 3      license plate reader information prohibited.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.      Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 7   Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
 8   § 6314.    Use of automated license plate reader information
 9                   prohibited.
10      (a)    Prohibition.--A law enforcement agency may not sell,
11   share, allow access to or transfer automated license plate
12   reader information to any Federal, State or local governmental
13   agency for the purpose of investigating or enforcing a law that
14   denies or interferes with a person's right to obtain:
15             (1)   information that is medically accurate and medically
16      appropriate; or
17             (2)   a medical service that is evidence-based and
18      medically appropriate.
 1      (b)   Written declaration.--Prior to sharing automated license
 2   plate reader information with a Federal, State or local
 3   governmental agency, a law enforcement agency must first obtain
 4   a written declaration from the Federal, State or local
 5   governmental agency that expressly affirms the automated license
 6   plate reader information obtained shall not be used in a manner
 7   that violates subsection (a). If a written declaration of
 8   affirmation is not executed, the law enforcement agency may not
 9   share the automated license plate reader information with the
10   Federal, State or local governmental agency.
11      (c)   Confidentiality.--Automated license plate reader
12   information shall be held confidentially to the fullest extent
13   permitted by law.
14      (d)   Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
15   words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
16   subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
17      "Automated license plate reader information."     Information
18   gathered by an automated license plate reader system or created
19   from the analysis of data generated by an automated license
20   plate reader system.
21      "Automated license plate reader system."    A system of one or
22   more mobile cameras, combined with computer algorithms, to
23   convert images of registration plates and vehicles into
24   computer-readable data for law enforcement and public safety
25   purposes. The term does not include electronic devices used
26   solely for traffic violations or tolling purposes.
27      "Evidence-based."   The use of current best evidence in making
28   decisions about the care of an individual patient and
29   integrating individual clinical expertise with the best
30   available external clinical evidence from systematic research.

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 1      "Law enforcement agency."     As defined in 44 Pa.C.S. § 7202
 2   (relating to definitions).
 3      "Medically accurate."     One of the following:
 4          (1)   verified or supported by the weight of peer-reviewed
 5      medical research conducted in compliance with accepted
 6      scientific methods;
 7          (2)   recognized as correct and objective by leading
 8      medical organizations with relevant expertise; or
 9          (3)   recommended by or affirmed in the medical practice
10      guidelines of a nationally recognized accrediting
11      organization.
12      "Medically appropriate."     Consistent with all of the
13   following:
14          (1)   applicable legal, health and professional standards;
15          (2)   a patient's clinical and other circumstances; and
16          (3)   a patient's reasonably known wishes and beliefs.
17      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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