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Senate advances bill to block drone deliveries of contraband to correctional facilities

Utah State Senate · February 16, 2018
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Summary

Senator Milner introduced and the Senate voted to advance a bill that would make it unlawful to deliver contraband to correctional facilities via unmanned aircraft; a senator asked whether prior incidents were prosecutable under current law and the sponsor said he would follow up.

Senator Milner introduced a bill on the Senate floor that would prohibit delivering contraband into correctional facilities using an unmanned aerial vehicle and bar interference with the operation of a correctional facility.

During brief questioning, Senator Fillmore said the sponsor had previously referenced an incident and asked: "Was the perpetrator of that incident…

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