Wyoming – HB 242
Title
Unmanned aerial surveillance
Sponsor(s):
Representative(s) Loucks, Hunt, Jaggi, Kroeker, Krone, Lubnau, Miller and Reeder
and Senator(s) Case
Synopsis:
Prohibits LE froming using ‘drones’ to gather evidence or other information pertaining to criminal conduct or conduct in violation of a statute or regulation except to the extent authorized in a warrant. Provides exceptions for exigent circumstances, to counter a high risk of a terrorist attack, to investigate the commission of a felony which the agency has reasonable suspicion to believe is in progress and to assist a law enforcement agency in fresh pursuit of a person the agency has probable cause to believe has committed a felony.
Tracking Site: https://legisweb.state.wy.us/lsoweb/session/BillsInfo.aspx
Status:
Died in committee
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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