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Oregon bill would raise penalties for drones that interfere with emergency response
Summary
House Bill 3426A would expand criminal penalties for unmanned aircraft system interference to include search-and-rescue and all firefighting efforts and increase penalties for reckless and knowing interference; the measure received unanimous House support and had a Senate Judiciary public hearing on May 5.
Chair Floyd Prozanski opened a public hearing on May 5 for House Bill 3426A, a measure that would expand the criminal penalties for causing unmanned aircraft systems (drones) to interfere with public-safety activities.
Tisha, committee staff, summarized the bill and its effect: HB 3426A would expand the list of public-safety activities protected from interference to include search-and-rescue and all firefighting efforts and would increase…
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