SB 1383 Summary

• Requires municipalities, counties, and the state to obtain approval from designated approving entities (city councils, county boards, or legislative budget committee) before acquiring, funding, or deploying military equipment or surveillance equipment.

• Defines military equipment to include armored vehicles, firearms of .50 caliber or higher, grenades, explosives, and riot gear; defines surveillance equipment to include facial recognition, automatic license plate readers, cell site simulators, and social media monitoring software.

• Mandates submission of publicly available impact reports and use policies that assess risks to civil liberties, describe safeguards, address data retention and sharing protocols, and outline training and oversight procedures before equipment can be approved.

• Prohibits discriminatory or viewpoint-based deployment of equipment and requires annual public reports on usage, data sharing, geographic deployment by census tract, complaints, policy violations, and cost information.

• Establishes community advisory committees to assess equity impacts, allows persons to pursue injunctive relief for violations, provides whistleblower protections, and voids conflicting contractual provisions; requires preexisting military and surveillance equipment to undergo approval process within 120 days or be discontinued.