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House passes bill limiting certain drone‑borne subsurface sensing and permitting court removal of illegally collected data
Summary
Third substitute Senate Bill 219 passed the House to bar unauthorized use of advanced sensing on unmanned aerial vehicles to collect subsurface information from private property and to allow courts to order deletion of illegally collected data; sponsors said the bill targets bad actors and protects archaeological and private sites while exempting legitimate recreational and commercial drone use. (Passed 68–0.)
Representative Chu presented third substitute Senate Bill 219, describing the measure as a privacy protection for property owners that prohibits the unmanned use of advanced sensing technology on drones to collect subsurface readings where property owners have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Chu and other supporters said the bill is targeted at…
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