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CS/SB 624: Drones

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Young

Drones; Redefining the term “critical infrastructure facility”; authorizing the use of a drone if a law enforcement agency possesses reasonable suspicion that, under particular circumstances, swift action is needed to facilitate the collection of evidence at a crime scene or traffic crash scene; authorizing the use of a drone by a local or state agency when used in the assessment of damage, flood state, wildfire, or land management, or the monitoring and collection of scientific or marketing data, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2018
 Last Action: 3/10/2018 Senate - Died in Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/24/2017 Senate • Filed
11/2/2017 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 51
1/9/2018 Senate • Introduced -SJ 51
1/24/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/29/18, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
1/29/2018 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 243
1/30/2018 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
1/31/2018 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 243
2/1/2018 Senate • Now in Judiciary -SJ 243
• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/06/18, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
2/6/2018 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 296
2/7/2018 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 296
3/10/2018 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Rules