AB1160 - Military equipment.

Amended IN Assembly May 05, 2025 Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1160 Introduced by Assembly Member Wilson February 20, 2025 An act to add Section 7073.5 to the Government Code, relating to law enforcement. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1160, as amended, Wilson. Military equipment. Existing law requires a law enforcement agency, as defined, to obtain specific approval of a governing body prior to acquiring military equipment, as specified. Existing law defines “military equipment” to include an unmanned, remotely piloted, powered aerial or ground vehicle. This bill would prohibit a law enforcement agency from purchasing, on or after January 1, 2027, an unmanned, uncrewed, remotely piloted, powered aerial or ground vehicle unless the vehicle contains an option to turn off any data collection programs that are not necessary for the vehicle to function or and the law enforcement agency uses an American data storage company, as defined, to house all data collected, including, but not limited to, video and photographic images, as specified, or both. For uncrewed, remotely piloted, powered aerial or ground vehicles purchased on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2027, the bill would require a law enforcement agency to use an American data storage company. For uncrewed aerial or ground vehicles owned or possessed by a law enforcement agency prior to January 1, 2026, the bill would require the law enforcement agency to use an American data storage company after the current contract to house the data expires. The bill would require contracts entered into pursuant to these provisions with an American data storage company to prohibit the American data storage company from using, selling, renting, trading, or otherwise sharing this data with any other entity. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 7073.5 is added to the Government Code, to read: 7073.5. (a) (1) A law enforcement agency shall not purchase an unmanned, uncrewed, remotely piloted, powered aerial or ground vehicle unless one or both of the following conditions are met: (1) (A) The vehicle contains an option to turn off any data collection programs that are not necessary for the vehicle to function. (2) (B) The law enforcement agency uses an American data storage company to house all data collected, including, but not limited to, video and photographic images. (b) (2) The restriction and conditions pursuant to subdivision (a) paragraph (1) shall only apply to an unmanned, uncrewed, remotely piloted, powered aerial or ground vehicle purchased on or after January 1, 2027, and shall not restrict a law enforcement agency’s ability to maintain ownership or possession of an unmanned, remotely piloted, powered aerial or ground vehicle purchased prior to January 1, 2027. 2027. (b) For uncrewed, remotely piloted, powered aerial or ground vehicles purchased by a law enforcement agency on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2027, the law enforcement agency shall use an American data storage company to house all data collected, including, but not limited to, video and photographic images. (c) A law enforcement agency that maintains ownership or possession of an uncrewed, remotely piloted, powered aerial or ground vehicle prior to January 1, 2026, shall exclusively use an American data storage company to house all data collected, including, but not limited to, video and photographic images, after any existing contract to house the data expires. (d) A contract entered into pursuant to this section shall prohibit the American data storage company that is under contract to house the data collected by the uncrewed vehicles from using, selling, renting, trading, or otherwise sharing the data with any other entity. The data remains under the sole ownership and control of the law enforcement agency that collected the data. (c) (e) For purposes of this section, an “American data storage company” means a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other business entity formed under the laws of, and headquartered in, this state or the laws of any other state of the United States or the District of Columbia, that provides services related to storing digital data, including, but not limited to, through cloud storage, and has adopted security measures to protect stored data from unauthorized access, modification, or destruction, and that has dedicated servers or hard drives located in the United States.