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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    3/10/2018 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration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

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  • CS/SB 624, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/30/2018 at 4:32 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 2/5/2018 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 2/6/2018 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 471 (c1) Unmanned Aircraft Justice Appropriations Subcommittee Identical Last Action: 3/10/2018 S Died in Criminal Justice Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/6/2018 2:00 PM Judiciary 10 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    330.41 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act. Page 1 (pdf)
    934.50 Searches and seizure using a drone. Page 4 (pdf)

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  • SB 624, Original Filed Version Posted 10/24/2017 at 2:21 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 1/26/2018 (pdf)
    Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 1/30/2018 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 471 (c1) Unmanned Aircraft Justice Appropriations Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 3/10/2018 S Died in Criminal Justice Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    836612 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Criminal Justice
    (Young)     		1/26/2018
    3:42 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/29/2018     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    1/29/2018 4:00 PM Criminal Justice 5 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    330.41 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act. Page 1 (pdf)
    934.50 Searches and seizure using a drone. Page 4 (pdf)

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