The Alabama Legislature reconvenes in February 2027 with plate reader legislation expected among its first items. Congress is weighing federal bills too. A five-minute call or email from a constituent outweighs a hundred anonymous comments. Here is exactly how.
Your state senator and state representative will vote on the 2027 bill. Enter your address at the Legislature's official lookup.
Backup roster with phone and email: LegiScan Alabama roster
Federal bills to restrict plate readers were introduced in Congress in 2026. Alabama has seven congressional districts; find yours by ZIP code, or use the table below.
Phone calls are tallied the same day. Use the script below, say your town, and say you are a constituent. Then send the email so there is a written record. Ask for a reply.
U.S. Senators represent the whole state. Representatives are listed by district with the principal counties in each; confirm yours with the ZIP lookup above.
Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur), bill sponsor · Sen. Donnie Chesteen (R-Geneva) · Sen. Lance Bell (R-Pell City) · Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) · Sen. Robert Stewart (D-Selma) · Rep. Rick Rehm (R-Dothan) · Rep. Ron Bolton (R-Northport) · Rep. Bill Lamb (R-Tuscaloosa) · Rep. Ernie Yarbrough (R-Trinity). Contact them through the ALISON lookup even if they are not your own legislator; committee members hear from the whole state.
| District | Representative | Principal counties |
|---|---|---|
| AL-1 | Rep. Barry Moore (R) | Mobile, Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe, Washington, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston, Henry (Gulf Coast & Wiregrass) |
| AL-2 | Rep. Shomari Figures (D) | Montgomery, Mobile (part), Dallas, Lowndes, Macon, Bullock, Barbour, Pike, Crenshaw, Butler, Russell (part) |
| AL-3 | Rep. Mike Rogers (R) | Calhoun, Talladega, Lee, Chambers, Randolph, Clay, Cleburne, Cherokee, St. Clair (part), Tallapoosa, Russell (part) |
| AL-4 | Rep. Robert Aderholt (R) | Cullman, Walker, Marion, Winston, Franklin, Lawrence, Colbert, Lamar, Fayette, Blount, DeKalb, Marshall, Etowah, Pickens |
| AL-5 | Rep. Dale Strong (R) | Madison, Limestone, Morgan, Jackson, Lauderdale |
| AL-6 | Rep. Gary Palmer (R) | Shelby, Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Autauga, Elmore, Jefferson (part) |
| AL-7 | Rep. Terri Sewell (D) | Jefferson (Birmingham), Tuscaloosa, Hale, Greene, Sumter, Marengo, Choctaw, Wilcox, Perry, Clarke (part) |
Delegation as of September 2026. The November 3, 2026 general election may change names; the district lines do not.
Be a constituent first, a supporter second. Use your own words where you can; a real story from your family or neighborhood beats a form letter. Then ask a direct question so they have to answer.
Hi, my name is ____ and I live in ____, in your district. I'm calling about license plate reader cameras ahead of the 2027 session.
I support keeping this technology, with strong guardrails. Alabama already regulates it under Chapter 265-X-6: public-safety use only, no selling data, every search logged, and ALEA audits every agency at least every three years.
These cameras found a kidnapped 13-year-old on I-59 in Moody this month before an AMBER Alert could even go out. They brought three kidnapped Covington County children home from Georgia. They found a 75-year-old woman bound in a closet the same day she was taken.
Please support accountability: documented search reasons, short retention, penalties for misuse. Please do not support a ban or removing cameras from state highways and interstates. That is where abducted children are found.
Can you tell me where the Senator/Representative stands? Thank you.
Subject: Constituent in [Town]: keep license plate readers, strengthen the guardrails
Dear [Senator/Representative Name],
I am a constituent in [Town/County]. I am writing before the 2027 session to ask you to preserve law enforcement's use of automated license plate readers in Alabama while strengthening accountability.
Alabama has regulated these systems since 2022 under Ala. Admin. Code Chapter 265-X-6: use is limited to criminal justice and public safety purposes, data may never be sold, every access and dissemination is logged, and ALEA audits every capturing agency at least once every three years, with suspension for agencies that do not comply. Misuse is investigated like misuse of NCIC. The recent Moody and Springville cases ended in a termination and a resignation, which is the system working.
The results are not abstract. On September 2, Moody police used camera hits to find a 13-year-old abducted from a gas station on I-59 before an AMBER Alert could be issued. Covington County recovered three kidnapped children in Georgia. Calhoun County found 75-year-old Betty Cobb bound in a closet the day she was taken. Huntsville located a double-homicide suspect in under an hour. A plate reader on I-85 became evidence in the Aniah Blanchard murder. Sources for each are at alabamalpr.com/cases.html.
I ask you to support reforms that add documented search reasons, short default retention with evidence holds, monthly internal audits, public transparency portals, and criminal penalties for personal use. I ask you to oppose an outright ban and to oppose removing readers from state highways and interstates, which are exactly the roads a kidnapper or a fleeing killer uses to leave the state.
If it were my child in that car, I would want the plate and the direction of travel in a deputy's hands within minutes. I believe you would too. Please tell me where you stand.
Respectfully,
[Name]
[Street address, Town, ZIP]
[Phone]