Readers of registration plates can be further regulated in Virginia with new legislation – 13newsnow.com Wvec

Richmond, Washington – readers of registration plates can see more regulation in Virginia according to a new bill adopted in the Chamber of Delegates on Wednesday.

The technology is used by police to resolve crimes, but also caused confidential concerns.

The HB 2724 actually comes from the recommendation of the Virginia State Committee on Crime. The bill determines who can use data on the camera’s camera camera and how they can use it. And on the roads Hampton, local police forces praised the technology.

“If I currently bring my detectives to this room and ask them, which one is the most important, most effective technology we have?” Solving firing, killings that warn us of missing people. “

This is a debate that Hampton Rhodes is familiar with.

“Just because something catches the bad, so to speak does not mean that it is constitutional,” says Brad Hayrid, the founder of justice Virginia. “We have constitutional rights.”

Readers of the registration plates – or the cameras of the herd – capture information about the vehicles on the roads and where they go. The data is sent to the law enforcement authorities to help track cars used to commit crimes. But that tracking data causes confidential concerns.

“At the moment, they are not regulated in Virginia,” Hebood said. “Thus, local police departments were able to use them as they wish and to keep the data as they wish.”

HB 2724 aims to change this.

If it moves to Richmond, the measure limits how much of the herd’s camera data can be used. Police will only be allowed to use it for criminal investigations, trafficking in people, stolen vehicles and cases of missing persons.

But it also allows the Virginia state police to use cameras 60,000 miles from government highways. Currently, only local police departments can use cameras on local roads.

The last part of the bill makes any abuse of Class 1 Crime Data. The sponsor of the bill, Del Charlile Herring, explained how the police should handle the data.

“The bill requires the data stored to be destroyed within 30 days, unless it is necessary to continue the investigation or prosecution,” Herring said.

HB 2724 went on Wednesday of Virginia’s delegates with the support of both sides of the path. She is now going to the State Senate for consideration. If he passed there, he will head to the governor’s desk Glen Youngkin for signature.

If the herd’s camera bill passes, as is currently written, the new rules and regulations will come into force in 2026.