Texas – HB 912
Title
Texas Privacy Act
Sponsor(s):
Representative Gooden
Synopsis:
A person commits an offense if the person uses or authorizes the use of an unmanned vehicle or aircraft to capture an image without the express consent of the person who owns or lawfully occupies the real property captured in the image.
A person commits an offense if the person possesses, discloses, displays, distributes, or otherwise uses an image that was captured in violation of this law.
Exceptions for lawful LE operations.
No definition of Drone/UAV provided.
Tracking Site: https://www.capitol.state.tx.us/
Status:
Introduced
Recommended Action
Contact sponsor/leadership with request to include MA exclusion…
“Model Aircraft as defined in the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 [PL 112-95, Sec. 336(c)] are excluded from the provisions of this Bill/Statute”
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