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Senate panel approves bill setting rules for law-enforcement use of robots and unmanned aerial vehicles
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee amended and recommended a due pass on House Bill 1613, defining terms for autonomous devices, restricting autonomous activation of weapons and requiring use-of-force policies and reporting for law-enforcement deployment of robots and unmanned aerial vehicles.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved amendments and gave a due-pass recommendation to House Bill 1613, which establishes definitions and limits for law-enforcement use of autonomous devices, robots and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Sponsor Senator Castaneda presented the amended bill as a framework: it defines “autonomous” and “remote” operation, distinguishes lethal and less-than-lethal weapons, and establishes a broad definition of “robot” while expressly excluding common law-enforcement cameras and license-plate readers. The…
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