HB451 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Ronald BoltonRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Location Monitoring, requires entities to share location monitoring data in certain circumstances

Summary

HB451 requires public entities and contract holders that manage location monitoring data to share certain data with law enforcement during ongoing criminal investigations when there is reasonable suspicion it will help, with data limited to investigation-related items not older than one year.

What This Bill Does

Public entities that possess location monitoring data about a defendant on pretrial release must provide that data to a law enforcement officer working on an ongoing investigation if there is reasonable suspicion the data will be probative, and the data shared does not require a warrant. Any entity that will control or possess location monitoring data under a contract must provide that data to law enforcement under the same ongoing-investigation conditions. In both cases, the data shared must relate to the investigation and be not more than one year old. The act becomes effective on October 1, 2024.

Who It Affects

• Defendants on pretrial release whose location monitoring data could be shared with law enforcement without a warrant under ongoing investigations (if there is reasonable suspicion the data is probative).
• Public entities that possess or control location monitoring data and would be required to disclose it to law enforcement under the bill.
• Contractors that provide location monitoring services or will possess/control such data under contracts with law enforcement, corrections, detention agencies, or courts.
• Law enforcement officers and agencies who would receive location monitoring data during ongoing investigations.

Key Provisions

• Section 1: Public entities with location monitoring data about a defendant on pretrial release must provide that data to a law enforcement officer in an ongoing investigation if there is reasonable suspicion the data will be probative; data must relate to the investigation and be not more than one year old; no warrant is required.
• Section 2: Any contract entered after October 1, 2024 for location monitoring services with law enforcement, corrections, detention agencies, or courts must require the data holder to provide location monitoring data to law enforcement under the same conditions (reasonable suspicion, investigation-related, not older than one year).
• Section 3: The act becomes effective on October 1, 2024.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Criminal Procedure