State
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Bill Number
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What It Does
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Drone Prepared's Stance
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Status
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AR
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HB 1125
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Prohibits a registered sex offender from purchasing, owning, possessing, using, or operating a UAS for private use.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee
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FL
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HB 349
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Requires the DOT to fund public-use vertiports, ensure equitable local zoning laws, prohibit exclusive vertiports. Sets requirements for vertiport operators.
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Oppose
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Prefiled
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HI
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HB 128 / SB 229
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Establishes the felony misues of unmanned aircraft in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degrees; prohibits arming a UAS, disrupting manned aircraft, contraband, causing harm to another, causing harm to property, messing with the registration of the UAS, obstructs law enforcement.
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Oppose
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Introduced
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HI
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SB 989
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Makes it trespass to intentionally cause a UAS to enter into property and come within 50 ft of a dwelling to coerce or harass or after having been given notice to desist or to take off or land within violation of the FAA; provides exceptions for persons authorized by the FAA to operate.
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Oppose
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Introduced
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HI
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HB 1200
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Requires the Dept of Land and Natural Resources to establish a UAS program.
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Support
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Introduced
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HI
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SB 1482
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Establishes the Aerospace Development Office.
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Support
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Introduced
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IL
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HB 1228
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Permits the use of drones by law enforcement if the agency is assisting an emotionally disturbed person or for use at a special event to monitor crowds or safety - if the event is on private property the use must be approves. Allows the use of drones by law enforcement when the primary purpose is to locate or assist victims, offendors, or guide emergency response, Probides that info gathered by a drone is subject to FOIA.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Introduced
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IL
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SB 107
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Allows for investigations of complaints around drone use by police, provides exemptions for the use of drones – including flight path data and telemetry information, prohibits the use of drones over a school unless parents are notified first.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Introduced
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IN
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SB 161 / SB 83 / SB 85
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Makes placing a tracking device on an individual without their consent a Class C misdemeanor. Establishes a sentence enhancement if a person uses a tracking device to commit or facilitate a felony. Includes UAS in definition of tracking device.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Introduced
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MA
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HD 595
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Provides for state preemption; prohibits the operation of UAS in violation of the FAA, to interfere with mannded aircraft or first responders, to conduct surveillance, or to equip with a weapon.
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Support
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Prefiled
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MD
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HB 228
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Prohibits persistent aerial surveillance by a unit or agency of the State or political subdivision unless with a warrant, in pursuit of a suspect, for search and rescue, to locate an escaped prioners, or if necessesary to prevent imminent serious bodily harm or destruction of evidence.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Introduced
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MO
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HB 178
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Makes it unlawful to use UAS that launches, lands, or operates on private property within 400 feet off the ground and without the consent of the property owner.
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Oppose
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Filed
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MO
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HB 179
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Makes it a class A misdemeanor, instead of an infraction, to operate an UAS over an open-air facility.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Filed
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MO
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HB 401
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Prohibits a law enforcement agency to use UAS to gather evidence relating to criminal conduct without a warrant and prohibits the use of UAS for surveillance of farms or agricultural products.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Filed
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MO
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HB 698
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Right to Repair for farm equipment - includes unmanned systems in the definition of farm equipment.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Introduced
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MS
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HB 839
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Drone Prepared's model legislation.
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Support
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Introduced; Referred to Committee on Judiciary B.
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MS
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SB 2146
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Drone Prepared's model legislation.
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Support
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Introduced; Referred to Committee on Judiciary A.
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MS
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SB 2853
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Requires UAS purchased by the state to be manufactured in the US and to possess collision avoidance systems.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Introduced
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MT
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SB 84
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Prohibits the use of aircraft for hunting or for harrassing or interfering with game animals - provides penalties for violation; amended to prohibit using UAS to locate animals for hunting only within the same calendar day.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Amended; Passed Senate Fish and Game Committee by a unanimous vote
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ND
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HB 1018
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Governor Doug Burgum's Executive Budget; Provides $37 million in funding for Vantis and the aviation park.
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Support
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Introduced; House Appropriations Committee hearing held.
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NH
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HB 434
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Allows for the use of UAS in state parks except if it intentionally interferes with the reasonable enjoyment of the park by others and during specific seasons - provides for fines and a daily fee for commercial use.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Hearing scheduled in the House Committee on Resources, Recreation, and Development
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NJ
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AB 1667
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Makes it a 4th degree crime to operate a drone that is equipped with a deadly weapon.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Filed
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NJ
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AB 3555
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Prohibits the use of drones by law enforcement entities.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Filed
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NJ
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AB 4731
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Allows public utilities, cable TV companies, and telecom service providers to operate UAS to inspect/maintain any critical infrastructure owned or operated by the respective providers.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Filed
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NJ
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SB 451
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Sets standards for law enforcement agencies and fire departments when using drones.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Filed
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NJ
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SB 2296 / AB 3173
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Requires retailers to provide notice of FAA safety guidelines for flying drones to consumers.
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Oppose
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Introduced
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NJ
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SB 2297 / AB 3174
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Requires that every drone that is sold to or operated by a private individual or business entity in the State to contain geo-fencing technology.
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Oppose
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Introduced
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NV
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SB 11
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Allows for the use of UAS by a public agency for compliance inspections and inspections of public works.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Filed
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NY
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AB 194
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Permits the use of UAS; states that the operation of UAS may not be done in a way that interferes with manned aircraft or emergency response, that is a repeated nuisance or intentionally dangerous, in a way that violates a restraining order; provides for state preemption.
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Support
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Prefiled
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OK
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SB 36
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Requires a law enforcement agency to make any audio or video recordings from unmanned aircraft available for public inspection.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Prefiled
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OK
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SB 773
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Amends the purpose of the Oklahoma Advanced Mobility Pilot Program to be on developing and improving transportation tech, including AGM, AAM, and eVTOL, provides that the OK Aeronautics commission is the agency for AAM, creates a revolving fund for AAM.
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Support
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Prefiled
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OK
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HB 1758
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Prohibits the use of UAS by county assessors.
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Oppose
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Prefiled
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OK
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HB 1760
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States that the only authorized government drone operators are public safety agencies.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Prefiled
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OR
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HB 2520
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Makes it a Class A misdemeanor for a UAS to interfere with wildlife suppression, law enforcement, or emergency response.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Introduced
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OR
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HB 2688
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Allows an individual to bring an action against any person or public body that operated a UAS over their property without permission - removes the previous section that required notification and a previous flight.
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Oppose
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Introduced
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SC
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HB 3495
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Prohibits a law enforcement agency from acquiring weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Introduced
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TX
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HB 560
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Orders a study on the mitigation of transportation security threats, including UAS with the capability of inflicting harm on transportation targets.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Prefiled
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TX
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HB 880
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Prohibits the use of UAS in "designated areas" of the capitol complex instead of the whole complex
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Prefiled
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TX
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HB 1302
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Allows the Railroad Commission of Texas to use UA for inspection of an oil or gas site or facility, a pipeline facility, and a surface mining site.
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Support
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Introduced
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TX
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HB 1516 / SB 423
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Allows Texas military forces to use UAS to capture images.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Introduced
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UT
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SB 24
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Requires AAM and UAS operators to receive registration from the Department to operate in the State and allows the Department to set a fee; allows a political subdivision to require an AAM company to acquire a business license and allows a fee for the license.
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Oppose
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Passed the House Transportation Committee by a unanimous vote
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UT
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SB 125
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Designates ASPIRE at Utah State as the research center for strategic planning for the electrification of transportation infrastructure.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Introduced
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UT
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HB 206
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Amends land use requirements near airports - idea is that this legislation will one day apply to vertiports.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Introduced
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VA
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SB 1073 / HB 2020
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Makes it a class 1 misdemeanor to drop any item within the boundaries of a correctional facility, or obtain any photo or videos of inmates, using a UAS.
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Oppose
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Senate version passed by a unanimous vote
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WA
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HB 1040
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Establishes an Aviation and Aerospace Advisory Committee.
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Support
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Introduced; Public Hearing Held in House Innovation, Community, Economic Development, and Veterans Committee.
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WA
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HB 1531
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Establishes an Aviation and Aerospace advisory committee.
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Introduced
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WV
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HB 2527
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Revises criminal classification laws – applies to all measures that have criminal classifications.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Introduced
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WY
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SF 32
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Prohibits the use of drones from flying over correctional facilities or penal institution or from being used to deliver contraband.
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Oppose
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Passed Senate by 26-4 vote
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WY
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SF 33
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Prohibits the use of UAS for hunting or fishing.
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Tracking; no stance taken
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Passed the Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife, and Cultural Resources Committee by a unanimous vote
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WY
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SF 34
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Makes it trespassing for a UAS to enter into the immediate reaches of airspace over private property and substantially interfere with the landowner's enjoyment of that property.
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Oppose
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Passed Senate by 18-13 vote.
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