CS/SB 624 (2018) -  Drones

General Bill by Criminal Justice and Young
Drones: Redefining the term “critical infrastructure facility”; authorizing the use of a drone if a law enforcement agency possesses reasonable suspicion that, under particular circumstances, swift action is needed to facilitate the collection of evidence at a crime scene or traffic crash scene; authorizing the use of a drone by a local or state agency when used in the assessment of damage, flood state, wildfire, or land management, or the monitoring and collection of scientific or marketing data, etc.
Effective Date: 10/01/2018
Last Event: 03/10/18 S Died in Rules on Saturday, March 10, 2018 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Criminal Justice
    • On agenda for: 01/29/18 4:00 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 0
  • Judiciary
    • On agenda for: 02/06/18 2:00 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 10   Nays 0
  • Rules

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 471 Subject: Unmanned Aircraft Relationship: Identical

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 2/6/2018 4:57:27 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 2/5/2018 1:58:44 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 1/30/2018 4:06:21 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 1/26/2018 3:50:14 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Rules Time: 03/10/2018 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/10/2018 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Rules -SJ 296 Time: 02/07/2018 - 8:01 AM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 296 Time: 02/06/2018 - 4:08 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/06/18, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 02/01/2018 - 4:50 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S Now in Judiciary -SJ 243 Time: 02/01/2018 - 3:48 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 243 Time: 01/31/2018 - 6:32 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 01/30/2018 - 4:31 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c1
Event: S CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 243 Time: 01/29/2018 - 6:38 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/29/18, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building Time: 01/24/2018 - 4:28 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 51 Time: 01/09/2018 - 8:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 51 Time: 11/02/2017 - 10:23 AM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 10/24/2017 - 2:21 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
330.41 CS/HB 471
934.50 CS/HB 471