Florida Senate - 2026                                     SB 422
       
       
        
       By Senator Wright
       
       
       
       
       
       8-00656-26                                             2026422__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to automatic dependent surveillance
    3         broadcasts; creating s. 330.42, F.S.; defining terms;
    4         prohibiting certain entities from using information
    5         broadcast or collected by automatic dependent
    6         surveillance-broadcast systems for specified purposes;
    7         providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 330.42, Florida Statutes, is created to
   12  read:
   13         330.42 Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcasts.—
   14         (1) For purposes of this section, the term:
   15         (a) “Aircraft” has the same meaning as in s. 330.27, except
   16  that the aircraft must have a gross weight of 12,499 pounds or
   17  less and operate under 14 C.F.R. part 91.
   18         (b) “Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast” or “ADS-B”
   19  means an advanced aviation surveillance technology that combines
   20  an aircraft’s positioning source, aircraft avionics, and a
   21  ground infrastructure to create an accurate surveillance
   22  interface between an aircraft and air traffic control. The term
   23  includes two different services, ADS-B In and ADS-B Out, which
   24  can provide information, such as an aircraft’s global
   25  positioning system location, altitude, ground speed, and other
   26  data, to ground stations and other aircraft, as well as weather
   27  and traffic information to aircraft operators.
   28         (2) An aircraft or a public or private entity may not use
   29  information broadcast or collected by ADS-B systems, regardless
   30  of whether that data originates from ADS-B In or ADS-B Out, as a
   31  means for calculating, generating, and collecting fees from
   32  aircraft owners or operators who operate aircraft within the
   33  geographic boundaries of this state.
   34         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.