Illinois
A share/access statute, grant-funded expansion, SOS violation finding, and named local cancellations coexist. The statute does not forbid collection.
625 ILCS 5/2-130 — automated license plate reader information (share/access) · Illinois Secretary of State — Flock audit found sharing in violation of state law (2025) · Unraveled Press — Illinois organized-retail-crime grants funded 900+ ALPRs · Oak Park — Automated License Plate Readers (contract terminated Aug. 5, 2025) · City of Evanston — Flock contract termination notice (effective Sept. 26, 2025) · Finding Flock — ALPR laws by state (19 statutes read against official text)
- ALPR statute
- 625 ILCS 5/2-130 (P.A. 103-540, eff. 1-1-24) — ALPR-specific share/access rules: no sale/share to investigate reproductive-health restrictions or immigration-status detention; out-of-state share only after a written declaration. Official text sets no retention clock and no unmatched-read cap. Not a collection ban.
- Executive
- Not retrieved. Empty beats a copied neighbor.
- Local
- Oak Park Village Board terminated its Flock contract Aug. 5, 2025. Evanston issued a termination notice Aug. 26, 2025, effective Sept. 26, 2025.
- Funding / grants
- AG organized-retail-crime grants: $15M since 2023; analysis that $5.6M covered 900+ ALPRs and subscriptions. ISP reports IDOT appropriated about $10.6M in Feb. 2026 for expressway ALPRs.
- Permitting / dirt
- Not retrieved. Empty beats a copied neighbor.
- Privacy
- 625 ILCS 5/2-130: no retention cap; out-of-state sharing needs a written declaration. SOS Aug. 25, 2025 audit found Flock allowed CBP access in violation of Illinois law. That is an enforcement finding against the vendor, not a statewide camera ban.
Bills and memos
HB 5151 (104th)
Automated License Plate Recognition System Act
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee (Apr 17, 2026)
SB 3257 (104th)
VEH CD-ALPR-RECORD RETENTION (amends 625 ILCS 5/2-130)
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments (May 22, 2026)
HB 5231 (104th)
VEH CD-ALPR (adds 625 ILCS 5/2-131)
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee (Mar 27, 2026)
Comment for this state
A city fight in Illinois is still one of 19,000. A state ban is one of 50. Sign: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/