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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 883
January 16, 2026 - Introduced by Representative
Gustafson
. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
AB883,1,2
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An Act
to create
86.107 of the statutes;
relating to:
limiting the use of
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automatic registration plate readers.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill creates a ban on the use of automatic registration plate readers, which are devices that capture images from vehicle registration plates and convert the images into computer-readable data. The bill creates several exceptions to the ban, including exceptions for parking enforcement entities, controlling access to nonpublic areas, and the regulation of commercial vehicles.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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Section
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86.107 of the statutes is created to read:
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86.107
Automatic registration plate reader ban.
(1)
In this section:
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(a) “Automatic registration plate reader” means a device that has the capacity
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to capture an image from a registration plate and convert the image into computer-
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readable data.
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(b) “Registration plate” means a plate specified under s. 341.12 or under a
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similar law of another state.
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(2)
No person may use an automatic registration plate reader except under
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any of the following circumstances:
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(a) The automatic registration plate reader is used by a parking enforcement
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facility to regulate the use of the parking facility.
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(b) The automatic registration plate reader is being used to control access to
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an area if the area is enclosed by clear boundaries, access to the area is limited and
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not open to the public, and entry to the area is through only specific access-control
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points.
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(c) The automatic registration plate reader is installed at an entrance at a
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weigh station facility and is being used by a state or local governmental agency to
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electronically verify registration, logs, or other compliance data or to provide more
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efficient movement of commercial vehicles on a state highway.
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(3)
Data captured under sub. (2) may not be shared except for a purpose listed
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under sub. (2) and may not be preserved for more than 90 days.
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