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Bill	Automated license plate recognition systems: use of data.	(1) Existing law authorizes the Department of the California Highway Patrol to retain license plate data captured by license plate recognition (LPR) technology, also referred to as an automated license plate recognition (ALPR) system, for not more than 60 days unless the data is being used as evidence or for the investigation of felonies. Existing law prohibits the department from selling the data or from making the data available to an agency that is not a law enforcement agency or an individual that is not a law enforcement officer.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 34	California SB 34 (20152016)	bill	Automated license plate recognition systems: use of data.	enacted	Hill	8	29	9	2014-12-01	2015-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/c09a0778-79dd-4850-8ccf-17d9c367e494	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB34	a596e5ff599250fa27a1987179490e8ae65a92ceea415585e38043d7522ce51b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 34 (20152016) — Automated license plate recognition systems: use of data.

(1) Existing law authorizes the Department of the California Highway Patrol to retain license plate data captured by license plate recognition (LPR) technology, also referred to as an automated license plate recognition (ALPR) system, for not more than 60 days unless the data is being used as evidence or for the investigation of felonies. Existing law prohibits the department from selling the data or from making the data available to an agency that is not a law enforcement agency or an individual that is not a law enforcement officer.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 12/01/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/02/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/13/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/06/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB34 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/08/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 8–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — 13–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–3 (pass) · lower
• SB 34 Hill Senate Third Reading By GATTO — 71–5 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 25–12 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB34 Hill Concurrence — 25–11 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hill — primary (person)
• Gatto — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2014-12-01 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2014-12-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 1.
• 2015-01-15 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-03-10 Set for hearing April 7.
• 2015-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 526.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-09 Set for hearing April 14.
• 2015-04-21 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 619.) (April 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-24 Set for hearing May 4.
• 2015-05-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 884.) (May 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 930.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-05-22 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2015-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-02 (Corrected July 9).
• 2015-07-09 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (August 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-09-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 5. Page 2843.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-09-04 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 2494.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2015-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 532, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c09a0778-79dd-4850-8ccf-17d9c367e494. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).