Colorado bill takes aim at Flock and surveillance technology. Here’s what’s in it.
Colorado bill takes aim at Flock and surveillance technology. Here’s what’s in it.
Publish Date: 2026-04-21 18:42:00
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Several Flock cameras surround the block of Arapahoe Ave. between 28th and 30th St. in Boulder around the 29th Street Mall and Scott Carpenter Park, including three in the Home Depot parking lot. (Kevin Jeffers/The Colorado Sun)
Senate Bill 70 aims to regulate how government officials access and use data collected by automatic license plate readers
The polarizing debate over government surveillance technology has reached the Colorado Capitol.
State lawmakers are weighing a bill that would place new limits on how government agencies access and use data collected by automated license plate readers – cameras that log the movements of vehicles as they pass by – and would restrict government officials from sharing the data with outside jurisdictions, with some exceptions.
Senate Bill 70, sponsored by Boulder Democrat Sen. Judy Amabile and El Paso County Republican Sen. Lynda Zamora Wilson, would also require agencies to obtain a warrant before accessing the databases if more than 72 hours have passed since a crime.
The bill aims to strike an “appropriate balance” between allowing law enforcement to use the technology while also protecting citizens’ privacy, Wilson told lawmakers in February.
“The question to ask is ‘how frequently are our movements being captured?’ And ‘is it the role of the government to collect potentially sensitive movements of law-abiding citizens?’” Wilson said.
The proposal…
