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Committee adopts amendment making drone interference with emergency response a felony
Summary
House Rules adopted the A2 amendment to Senate Bill 1125A, increasing penalties for knowingly or recklessly using unmanned aircraft to interfere with firefighting, law enforcement, or other emergency-response efforts and sending the amended bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The House Committee on Rules voted June 25 to adopt the A2 amendment to Senate Bill 1125A, which raises criminal penalties for knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly causing an unmanned aircraft system (drone) to interfere with wildfire suppression, law enforcement, or emergency-response operations.
Tisha (committee staff)…
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