Bill > HSB723

Introduced Session

This bill relates to intelligence data, including the use of historical location information. The bill defines “historical location information” as information that, when accessed, reveals the locations of persons or vehicles more than 24 hours prior to the time of access. The bill also provides a definition for “metropolitan area”, and amends the definition of “intelligence data” to include historical location information. The bill requires the operator of an automatic registration plate reader or any associated data storage device to permanently delete every image of a vehicle registration plate captured by the plate reader, and any other accompanying data, no later than 72 hours after the image was captured. H.F. _____ The bill provides that intelligence data that includes historical location information collected by automated registration plate readers shall not be conveyed, shared, or licensed to a private nongovernmental third party for any reason other than what is permitted by the bill. The bill provides that no government agency or official shall access a database that reveals historical location information except: when the government official has obtained a judicial warrant to access the database; when an individual whose historical location information would be revealed freely and voluntarily consents; when the registered owner of a vehicle reports it lost or stolen; when exigent circumstances make it impractical to obtain a warrant including but not limited to when law enforcement is in hot pursuit of an identifiable person or property; in response to an amber alert as authorized by law or rule; and when the government official uses the historical location information for traffic enforcement, parking enforcement, or information security purposes. The bill provides that the department, a criminal or juvenile justice agency, or a private, nongovernmental third-party entity shall not share or convey historical location information collected by automated registration plate readers outside the state of Iowa. However, agencies within a metropolitan area may share historical location information with other agencies in the same metropolitan area by agreement. Any agreement shall require the out-of-state recipient agency to maintain historical location information under the provisions and restrictions of the bill and Code section 321P.4, shall require the out-of-state recipient agency to consent to all provisions of Code section 692.6, and shall prohibit the out-of-state recipient agency from sharing any historical location information. The parties to any such agreement shall preserve such agreements as a public record under Code chapter 22. A receiving entity shall be presumed H.F. _____ to have consented to the above provisions whether or not such provisions are in fact included in any such agreement. The bill provides that a state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency may publicly share intelligence data collected by automatic registration plate readers when in fresh pursuit of a person reasonably suspected of committing a felony, or when there are reasonable grounds to believe that a felony has occurred, if done for the purpose of apprehending or identifying a suspect. The bill provides that records of any public body regarding vendors of automatic registration plate readers, search terms used by agency personnel, contracts with private entities, memoranda with public entities, placement of automatic registration plate readers, procurement records, or other similar records of agency activity shall not be deemed confidential records.

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Subcommittee Meeting: 02/12/2026 12:00PM RM 304 (Cancelled). (on 02/12/2026)

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