LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas House lawmakers have passed a
measure to require pawn shops to electronically upload their records to
law enforcement in order to assist in criminal investigations.
By an 82-2 vote on Friday, the House passed a bill
mandating that pawn shops and pawnbrokers upload certain records daily
to a secure centralized tracking system designated by police. Cities or
counties are currently allowed to impose such a requirement on pawn
shops in their jurisdiction - but the bill would require all pawn shops
to upload the information.
Pawn shops are already required to collect certain biographical information about a person selling or buying property.
Democratic Rep. Homer Lenderman of Brookland is sponsoring the bill.
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