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Senate approves counter-drone task force, adds federal-alignment safeguards
Summary
Lawmakers passed a bill creating a counter-unmanned-aircraft joint task force and adopted technical amendments ensuring state and local mitigation activities comply with federal law and do not interfere with 911 or aviation communications.
Senator Bass, sponsor of the measure on unmanned aircraft systems, told the Senate the bill "creates the counter unmanned aircraft joint task force" and aligns new authority with prior state law to allow legitimate mitigation efforts while following federal rules.
Floor amendments—sponsored and read into the record—ensured the state and local mitigation activities would be coordinated with state police and sheriffs and would comply with federal law to avoid jamming 911 or other lawful communications. Senators adopted the amendments without objection and the measure passed on final passage by recorded vote (33–0).
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