HB1537

This bills intent is unenforceable. An IDENTIFIED driver can be given a ticket and penalized. An UNIDENTIFIED driver cannot be penalized. And you cannot arrest a car either.

Greetings from Sullivan County No. The surveillance state is bad enough. Folks are already furious at schools for bankrupting the state. Imagine adding a revenue stream based on bad bus driving and spyware. This can go badly wrong a million ways. NO>

I am respectfully requesting that you oppose bill HB1537, for the following reasons: - This bill introduces mass surveillance under the guise of public safety and it further to erodes the original intent of RSA 236:130, which was to prohibit highway surveillance. - The bill explicitly authorizes cameras “with enough clarity to identify a person’s face.” That is not incidental capture, it is intentional biometric identification of the general public without a warrant, suspicion, or judicial oversight. New Hampshire has historically rejected biometric surveillance precisely because of its chilling effects on free movement and association. - While framed as targeting “egregious violations,” the bill: (1) Records everyone who passes a stopped bus, not just violators; (2) Captures passengers, pedestrians, and nearby residents; (3) Allows retention based solely on a prosecutor’s future discretion.

This bill is in direct violation of Article 2-b of the New Hampshire constitution, which states: [Art.] 2-b. [Right of Privacy.] An individual's right to live free from governmental intrusion in private or personal information is natural, essential, and inherent.