executive pausesupportedas of 2026-09-06
Texas
State-money pause is real. The fee that built the network is real. A ban is not law. Existing DPS cameras remain.
supportedevidence
AP / Texas Tribune — $1 insurance-fee hike funded thousands of Flock cameras; Abbott pause · Texas Tribune — after Abbott’s Flock-spend stop, DPS will keep using existing cameras · NYT — In red states, law-and-order Republicans turn against Flock cameras
- ALPR statute
- Not retrieved. Empty beats a copied neighbor.
- Executive
- Governor directed state agencies to stop spending state money on Flock cameras (week of Aug. 27, 2026; spokesman Andrew Mahaleris). The signed instrument has not been retrieved as a numbered executive order. Texas Tribune (Sept. 4, 2026): DPS will pause installing additional cameras but continue using existing ones. The directive does not, by its terms, unplug city or county cameras funded federally.
- Local
- Austin listed among large cities that lost or ended Flock contracts (Jan. 2026 tracker). Cities remain the local fight.
- Funding / grants
- Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority turned a $1 insurance-fee hike into ≥3,200 cameras: 95 grants ~2,000 cameras plus $15.9M to DPS for ~1,200 more; another $3M for 583 tollway cameras approved in August before the pause.
- Permitting / dirt
- Highway occupancy, if any, is a separate instrument from the state-money pause and is not packed here as a ban.
- Privacy
- Not retrieved. Empty beats a copied neighbor.
Comment for this state
A city fight in Texas is still one of 19,000. A state ban is one of 50. Sign: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/