ALPR statutesupportedas of 2026-09-06
Kentucky
A retention cap is not the petition’s statewide removal.
supportedevidence
KRS 189.632 — automated license plate reader use and 90-day retention · Kentucky HB 58 / 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 71 — ALPR 90-day retention · Kentucky HB 375 (2026 RS) — prohibit ALPR use, deployment, and maintenance (Lost) · Finding Flock — ALPR laws by state (19 statutes read against official text)
- ALPR statute
- KRS 189.632 (2026 Ky. Acts ch. 71 / HB 58, effective 15 Jul 2026) — ALPR use only for listed purposes. Default 90-day retention with investigative, training, audit, and subpoena carve-outs. Written public policy; visual confirmation of an alert before a stop. Not a warrant-for-query rule and not a collection ban.
- Executive
- Not retrieved. Empty beats a copied neighbor.
- Local
- Newport ended its Flock pilot (14 Jul 2026). Named Northern Kentucky cities have terminated or declined to renew; Lexington’s cameras remain under a mayoral review panel.
- Funding / grants
- Not retrieved. Empty beats a copied neighbor.
- Permitting / dirt
- KRS 189.632(7) directs the Transportation Cabinet to establish a permit process for ALPR on highway rights-of-way. No promulgated regulation retrieved.
- Privacy
- A 90-day cap is a retention rule, not a collection ban. No warrant-for-query. Rep. Massie’s federal Flock-Off Act (H.R. 10221) is a House bill, not a Kentucky act.
Bills and memos
HB 375 (2026 RS)
AN ACT relating to automated license plate readers — prohibit use, deployment, and maintenance
Lost — last action to Transportation (H), 22 Jan 2026
Comment for this state
A city fight in Kentucky is still one of 19,000. A state ban is one of 50. Sign: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/