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2015 House Bill 4868: Ban drone interference with public safety
Introduced by Rep. Kurt Heise R-Plymouth on September 16, 2015
To make it a crime to fly a drone in a way that interferes with public safety or public utility activities. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Criminal Justice Committee on September 16, 2015
Reported in the House on December 8, 2015
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered by Rep. Kurt Heise R-Plymouth on January 27, 2016
To adopt a version of the bill that also prohibits using a drone to subject another person to eavesdropping or surveillance.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on January 27, 2016
To make it a crime to fly a drone in a way that interferes with public safety or public utility activities. The bill would define flying a drone over private property "without authority"
as trespassing, and prohibit using one to subject someone to eavesdropping or surveillance.
Received in the Senate on February 2, 2016
Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on February 2, 2016
Reported in the Senate on February 10, 2016
With the recommendation that the bill pass.