What the law can still do
Legislation
Ban the class, require a warrant, cap retention, close sharing, cut the money, make unauthorized installs a crime.
Local
Ordinance, then the neighbor
A city can refuse to contract, cancel, or add warrant and retention rules. It cannot stop the next town from feeding the same database. That is the petition’s point: 19,000 ordinances, or 50 statutes.
Pass a local ban and send the packet to the statehouse.
County
Commission can still say no
Knox County, Tennessee, voted unanimously on 31 Aug 2026 to shut down 143 Flock cameras, with a 30-day removal clock. A county vote is real. It is also one of 95 Tennessee counties. The petition still points at the state.
Take the county packet to the state sponsor list.
State
This is the petition’s layer
Orwell Day’s ask: state legislatures remove ALPR AI cameras from the state. Bills this cycle range from West Virginia’s Fourth Amendment Restoration Act to Pennsylvania’s co-sponsorship memos to California’s SB 1013, stopped on the last day of session. Empty is honest when no bill is retrieved.
Sign. Then send the packet to a state sponsor.
Federal
Congress is slow. Fifty are not.
Amendment 221 died 20–44. H.R. 10221 is days old. CRS says Congress may yet condition grants or audit PIAs. The petition’s bet is that one state ban changes the map faster than a $580B highway bill.
One comment today. The federal bills are a second lane, not a substitute.
Federal instruments
H.R. 10221
Flock-Off Act
Rep. Thomas Massie (KY-4) · Introduced, referred to House Oversight and Government Reform, 119th Congress
Prohibit federal funds for covered camera systems (ALPR and biometric capture) and associated cloud, software, and data-sharing. 180-day decommission for federally funded systems. Border (1-mile) and tolling exceptions, tightly drawn. Cosponsors at introduction included Burlison, Khanna, Spartz, Gosar, Roy, and Boebert.
H.R. 9800
Protection Against Mass Surveillance Act
Rep. Tim Burchett (TN-2) · Introduced, referred to House Oversight and Government Reform, 119th Congress
Would prohibit federal agencies from purchasing, deploying, operating, accessing, or contracting automated surveillance that identifies, tracks, or records individuals, including ALPR (the bill names Flock Safety cameras), and bar state/local/tribal use of federal funds for the same. Data collected in violation must be deleted within 30 days and cannot be used in court.
H.R. 9716
PRIVACY Act
Rep. Keith Self (TX-3) · Introduced, referred to House Judiciary and Oversight, 119th Congress
Would require the Attorney General to maintain a list of surveillance devices used by state and local LE, including ALPR. Federal agencies generally could not access the associated data without a warrant from a federal judge, with retention bounds after lawful access. Hits federal access — not the local officer at the keyboard.
Amdt. 221 to H.R. 8870
ALPR limit for highway-fund recipients
Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), Rep. Jesús García (D-IL) · Failed in House T&I committee markup of BUILD America 250, recorded vote 20–44 (RC#104), May 21, 2026
One sentence: a recipient of Title 23 assistance may not use ALPRs except for tolling. Bipartisan co-sponsor. Chairman Graves and Ranking Member Larsen both voted no.
Comments in this lane
Federal bill
H.R. 10221 (Flock-Off Act) would cut federal funds for covered camera systems. States do not have to wait on Congress. They can ban the class now. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
Highway funds
A bipartisan amendment to keep highway-fund recipients off ALPR failed in committee. The next vote can be in a statehouse. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
Model acts exist
Warrant requirements, short retention, public-consent felonies, vendor penalties — the model language is already written. A state can introduce it. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
Not one vendor
If every Flock camera vanished tomorrow, the market would remain. Ban the capability — automated, warrantless location surveillance — not a logo. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/