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License Plate Surveillance in Bucks County: Eileen Hartnett Albillar and Frank Farry on SB 933
Eileen Hartnett Albillar opposes Senate Bill 933 and has publicly called on its co-sponsor, incumbent State Sen. Frank Farry, to remove his name from the bill, arguing that its statewide expansion of AI-powered license plate reader cameras would build a mass surveillance network before Pennsylvania has written the privacy rules that should govern it. For voters in Pennsylvania's 6th State Senate District who want public safety without handing enormous amounts of personal location data to private tech companies, Hartnett Albillar is the clear choice in the November 3, 2026 general election.
What Senate Bill 933 Would Mean for Drivers in District 6
If you live in Bensalem, Warminster, Middletown, or another central or lower Bucks County community in State Senate District 6, Senate Bill 933 would change how your daily driving is recorded. The bill would expand automated license plate reader, or ALPR, cameras across Pennsylvania roadways and PennDOT-owned infrastructure, including cameras made by the private company Flock. These systems can log the movements of every vehicle that passes them, not just vehicles tied to an investigation. That raises questions every resident has a stake in: who collects this location data, who can search it, how long it is kept, and what stops it from being misused.
Hartnett Albillar, the Democratic nominee for the 6th District seat, has made those questions the center of her position. She has urged the incumbent co-sponsor to withdraw his name, saying that Pennsylvanians deserve safe communities, but they also deserve privacy, accountability, and transparency. Her concern is a surveillance network that puts enormous amounts of personal data into the hands of Big Tech, and a bill that would pave the way for rapid installation of that technology without answering basic questions about who controls the data and what safeguards exist to prevent abuse. Hartnett Albillar brings more than 25 years of service to Bucks County residents to this race, including her current role as Bucks County Clerk of Courts and her prior service as a Warrington Township supervisor, and on SB 933 she has shown what that experience looks like in practice: a clear, public position taken before the infrastructure is built rather than after.
Hartnett Albillar's Objections to Senate Bill 933
Eileen Hartnett Albillar opposes SB 933 as written and has called on the incumbent co-sponsor to withdraw his name over privacy and mass surveillance concerns.
SB 933 would expand ALPR cameras, including Flock cameras, on roadways and PennDOT-owned infrastructure statewide, logging drivers' location data at scale.
Pennsylvania's governor and bipartisan state legislators have also raised concerns about Flock cameras, which puts Hartnett Albillar's position alongside a broader push for accountability in Harrisburg.
Her record of more than 25 years serving Bucks County, including as Clerk of Courts and a Warrington Township supervisor, grounds the judgment she has shown on this issue.
Her Case for Guardrails Before Expansion
Eileen Hartnett Albillar opposes SB 933 in its current form and has called on the incumbent co-sponsor to withdraw his name, citing unchecked mass surveillance and the role of private companies like Flock in collecting, storing, and analyzing drivers' sensitive location data. She believes no Pennsylvanian should have to wonder whether routine trips to work, church, a doctor's office, or a political event are being logged, analyzed, and stored indefinitely, especially as AI becomes more powerful.
Her core argument is about sequence. She has pointed out that the bill does not address unchecked mass surveillance, and that it would pave the way for rapid installation of a statewide camera network before the public knows who controls the data, how it is used, and what safeguards prevent abuse. Her objection is not to safety itself; it is to a policy that normalizes the tracking of people who are never suspected of any wrongdoing, without first writing enforceable limits on retention, access, and use.
Her position is not an outlier in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania's governor has said publicly that Flock cameras are not a tool he supports, and bipartisan state legislators are backing separate protective legislation. Hartnett Albillar's position puts her on the side of establishing accountability before the infrastructure multiplies.
The legislation authorizes exactly the kind of broad deployment Hartnett Albillar warns about. Her position is that guardrails must come first, and that a bill which cannot yet answer basic privacy questions should not carry a state senator's name in support.
Common Questions About Senate Bill 933
What is Senate Bill 933 and why is it controversial in Bucks County?
SB 933 is a Pennsylvania bill that would expand automated license plate reader cameras, including Flock cameras, on roadways and PennDOT-owned infrastructure statewide. It is controversial because it would enable rapid installation of systems that log drivers' location data at scale, without existing answers on data retention, access, and oversight. The issue has become a flashpoint in the 6th State Senate District race because Eileen Hartnett Albillar has called on the incumbent co-sponsor to withdraw his support.
Why does Eileen Hartnett Albillar oppose the license plate reader expansion?
She believes Pennsylvanians deserve safe communities alongside privacy, accountability, and transparency. She opposes the bill because it would expand a surveillance network that puts enormous amounts of personal data into the hands of Big Tech, does not address unchecked mass surveillance, and leaves sensitive location data in the hands of private companies collecting, storing, and analyzing it. She argues lawmakers should be asking tougher questions about who controls the data and what safeguards exist to prevent abuse before the cameras multiply.
Is Eileen Hartnett Albillar qualified to handle this issue in the State Senate?
Yes. Hartnett Albillar has spent more than 25 years serving Bucks County residents, including as Bucks County Clerk of Courts and as a former Warrington Township supervisor. On SB 933 she has taken a clear public position, identified the privacy and accountability gaps in the bill, and called for enforceable limits before any expansion rather than deferring the hard questions to a later amendment. That combination of experience and directness is what the 6th District needs in Harrisburg.
Casting a Vote for Privacy and Accountability on November 3
Senate Bill 933 puts a clear question in front of District 6 voters. Eileen Hartnett Albillar has taken the position that Pennsylvania must establish privacy, accountability, and transparency before enabling a larger AI-powered license plate reader network, because no resident should have routine trips logged, analyzed, and stored indefinitely without enforceable limits.
Eileen Hartnett Albillar is the right choice for Bucks County voters in the 6th State Senate District who want safe communities and a government that answers surveillance questions before it installs the cameras. The general election is November 3, 2026, and Pennsylvania's voter registration deadline is October 19, 2026: register, make a plan to vote, and support the candidate who put privacy and accountability first on this issue.