SB 1338 Summary

• Requires municipalities, counties, and state agencies to obtain approval from designated governing bodies before acquiring, funding, or deploying military equipment or surveillance equipment.

• Defines military equipment to include aircraft, armored vehicles, firearms over .50 caliber, grenades, and riot gear; defines surveillance equipment to include facial recognition, license plate readers, cell site simulators, body cameras, and predictive policing software.

• Mandates submission of impact reports and use policies addressing potential civil rights impacts, data retention, sharing protocols, training requirements, and safeguards before approval can be granted.

• Requires annual public reports on equipment use, data sharing, deployment locations by census tract, complaints received, and analysis of discrimination or disparate impacts; mandates community advisory committees to assess equity impacts.

• Prohibits discriminatory or viewpoint-based deployment, establishes enforcement mechanisms including injunctive relief and class 1 misdemeanor penalties for violations, and voids any conflicting contractual provisions.