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Utah Senate advances wide slate of House bills, including drone limits and new energy and health measures
Summary
On March 2, 2016 the Utah Senate received House messages, adopted committee reports and moved multiple House bills to third reading, approving measures that restrict drone flights near wildfires, permit pharmacy donation of sealed medications to clinics, and expand options for residential solar power purchase agreements.
The Utah Senate convened March 2 and advanced a large group of House measures to the third-reading calendar, passing or placing on third reading several bills on public safety, health and energy.
Senators approved first substitute House Bill 126 to make it illegal to fly an unmanned aircraft within a three-mile area around an active wildfire without coordination with the incident commander, with scaled penalties for interference and narrow exemptions for…
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