Jurisdiction Type of Jurisdiction Title of Statute/Bill Current Status (as of 9/24/19) Features of Legislation
Santa Clara County, CaliforniaCountyOrdinance Relating to Surveillance-Technology and Community-Safety (Ordinance No NS-300.897; SC County Code, Div A40 - Surveillance, Technology, and Community Safety)PassedRequires agencies to develop use policies for surveillance technologies (including sheriff's office's facial recognition software policy)
United StatesFederalPolice CAMERA Act of 2019 (HR120)Under ConsiderationAllows BJA to give grants for LE body cams; condition of grant is developing with public/publishing policies/protocols for FRT use, limiting use of FRT body cams to certain circs
United StatesFederalArtificial Intelligence Initiative Act (S1558)Under ConsiderationCreates "National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Initiative"
United StatesFederalAI in Government Act of 2019 (HR2575)Under ConsiderationCreates AI "Center of Excellence" that would, e.g., assist agencies in developing/maintaining plans for governance of agency AI systems
United StatesFederalData Accountability and Trust Act (HR1282)Under ConsiderationCreates requirements for "covered entity" (not LE) to secure and notify of breach of personal information, incl FR data
CanadaFederalDirective on Automated Decision-MakingPassedDirective on automated decision systems developed or procured by GoC
United StatesFederalAlgorithmic Accountability Act of 2019 (S1108)Under ConsiderationDirects FTC to require entities that use, store, or share personal info to conduct automated decision system impact assessments and data protection impact assessments
United StatesFederalAlgorithmic Accountability Act of 2019 (HR2231)Under ConsiderationDirects FTC to require entities that use, store, or share personal info to conduct automated decision system impact assessments and data protection impact assessments
United StatesFederalFacial, Analysis, Comparison and Evaluation (FACE) Protection Act (HR4021)Under ConsiderationProhibit a federal agency from using FRT on state or federal photo ID without a Federal court order
United StatesFederalTo Prohibit Federal Funding from being used for the purchase or use of facial recognition technology (HR3875)Under ConsiderationProhibits federal funds from being used to purchase/use FRT
United StatesFederalNo Biometric Barriers to Housing Act (HR4008)Under ConsiderationProhibits use of biometric recognition tech in certain federally-assisted dwelling units, and for other purposes
CanadaFederalPersonal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, S.C. 2000, c. 5PassedProvides private sector protection for "personal information", broadly defined as "information about an identifiable individual"
CanadaFederalPrivacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-21PassedProvides public sector protection for "personal identity information", broadly defined
United StatesFederalFederal Police Camera and Accountability Act of 2019 (HR3364)Under ConsiderationRequires fed police to wear body cams and have dashboard cams in marked vehicles; prohibits FRT on these cams; video footage only subject to FRT/automatid analysis if warrant obtained
United StatesFederalCommercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019 (S847)Under ConsiderationRequires FRT controllers (excluding LE, gov't) to get affirmative consent for use from end users
United StatesFederalE-Government ActPassedRequires FBI to publish System of Records Notice or PIA when agency starts to maitain/modify database like NGI (Perpetual Line-Up, p. 59), but FBI petitioning for FRT use to be exempt from the Act (Perpetual Line-Up, p. 43)
United StatesFederalDATA Privacy Act (S583)Under ConsiderationRequires entities that collect, process, store or disclose specified data to provide opt-in consent for collecting or disclosing an individual's biometric data
United StatesFederalFacial Recognition Policy Development Template (US Bureau of Justice Assistance, DoJ)TemplateFace recognition policy template for state, local, and tribal criminal intelligence and investigative activities (December 2017)
United StatesFederalGrowing Artificial Intelligence Through Research Act (HR2202)Under ConsiderationEnacts specific initiatives to accelerate the adoption and development of AI systems in government
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