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Amendment to Chapter 2.128 Surveillance Ordinance Technology be forwarded to the Public Safety Committee for a hearing

carries proposed ordinance language: lawmaking starts here, but only ordination makes it law
How it started
Jul 30, 2019 · Proposed by Councillors McGovern and Kelley and Mayor Siddiqui: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Jul 30, 2019 · Order adopted
Dec 3, 2019 · Referred
Dec 3, 2019 · Heard in committee: Public Safety Committee testimony and discussion; any committee vote is in the committee's minutes
Dec 9, 2019 · Passed to a second reading, unanimous
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Voted yes (9)

  • Dennis Carlone
  • Jan Devereux
  • Craig A. Kelley
  • Alanna Mallon
  • Marc McGovern
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Timothy J. Toomey
  • Quinton Zondervan
Jan 13, 2020 · ⚖️ Became law. Ordained unanimously, and now part of the Municipal Code. (Ordained, unanimous)
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Voted yes (9), unanimous

  • Dennis Carlone
  • Patty Nolan
  • Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
  • Alanna Mallon
  • Marc McGovern
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Timothy J. Toomey
  • Quinton Zondervan
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What’s next
Entered the Municipal Code: became law as ordained in January 2020. The Code can be amended at any time; its current text is the authority on what’s in force today.
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Prohibition on City’s Acquisition and/or Use of Face Recognition Technology

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter 2.128, it shall be unlawful for the City or any City staff to intentionally obtain, retain, request, access, or use:

1) Face Recognition Technology; or 2) Information obtained from Face Recognition Technology.

B. City staff’s inadvertent or unintentional receipt, retention of, access of, or use of any information obtained from Face Recognition Technology shall not be a violation of this Section 2.128.075 provided that:

1) City staff did not intentionally request, retain or solicit the receipt, access of, or use of such information; and 2) City staff logs such receipt, access, or use in its Annual Surveillance Report as referenced by Section 2.128.075. Such report shall not include any personally identifiable information or other information the release of which is prohibited by law.

In City Council January 13, 2020. Ordained by a yea and nay vote:- Yeas 9; Nays 0; Absent 0. Attest:- Anthony I. Wilson, City Clerk A true copy; ATTEST:- Anthony I. Wilson, City Clerk

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Jul 30, 2019