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HB0387 • 2026

Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcasts

Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcasts

Privacy
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee ; Bankson ; Kendall ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Chaney
Last action
2026-03-10
Official status
House - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 422
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcasts

Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcasts; Prohibits airports from using information broadcast or collected by automatic dependent surveillance broadcast systems for specified purposes under certain conditions.

What This Bill Does

  • Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcasts; Prohibits airports from using information broadcast or collected by automatic dependent surveillance broadcast systems for specified purposes under certain conditions.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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709269

Committee amendment H 387 Filed • Bankson

Adopted 2/5/2026

Plain English: This amendment defines 'touch-and-go landing' and stops airports from using ADS-B data to charge fees when planes land, take off, or fly near the airport.

  • Adds a new definition for 'touch-and-go landing,' which is when an aircraft lands and takes off again without stopping on the runway.
  • Prohibits airports from using Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) data to calculate fees if the charge is based on a plane taking off or landing, including touch-and-go landings.
  • Stops airports from charging fees based on ADS-B data just because an aircraft flies within a specific distance of the airport's airspace.
  • The amendment text does not explain what rules apply to collecting fees for other types of operations, such as parking or using terminal buildings.
  • It is unclear from this text alone whether airports can still use ADS-B data for safety monitoring if they cannot use it for billing.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-10 House

    • Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 422

  2. 2026-02-11 House

    • Reported out of Commerce Committee • Bill released to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar

  3. 2026-02-10 House

    • Favorable by Commerce Committee

  4. 2026-02-06 House

    • Referred to Commerce Committee • Now in Commerce Committee • Added to Commerce Committee agenda

  5. 2026-02-05 House

    • Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee • Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  6. 2026-02-03 House

    • Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda

  7. 2026-01-14 House

    • Favorable by Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee • Reported out of Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee • Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

  8. 2026-01-13 House

    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  9. 2026-01-12 House

    • Added to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee agenda

  10. 2025-11-18 House

    • Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee • Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee • Referred to Commerce Committee • Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee

  11. 2025-11-06 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcasts; Prohibits airports from using information broadcast or collected by automatic dependent surveillance broadcast systems for specified purposes under certain conditions.

Current Bill Text

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CS/HB 387 2026

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
hb387-01-c1
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to automatic dependent surveillance 2
broadcasts; creating s. 330.42, F.S.; providing 3
definitions; prohibiting airports from using 4
information broadcast or collected by automatic 5
dependent surveillance broadcast systems for specified 6
purposes under certain conditions; providing an 7
effective date. 8
9
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
11
Section 1. Section 330.42, Florida Statutes, is created to 12
read: 13
330.42 Automatic dependent surveillance broadcasts.— 14
(1) For purposes of this section, the term: 15
(a) "Aircraft" has the same meaning as in s. 330.27, 16
except that the aircraft must have a gross weight of 12,499 17
pounds or less and operate under 14 C.F.R. part 91. 18
(b) "Automatic dependent surveillance broadcast" means an 19
advanced aviation surveillance technology that combines an 20
aircraft's positioning source, aircraft avionics, and a ground 21
infrastructure to create an accurate surveillance interface 22
between an aircraft and air traffic control. The term includes 23
two different services, ADS-B In and ADS-B Out, that can provide 24
information, such as an aircraft's global positioning system 25

CS/HB 387 2026

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hb387-01-c1
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

location, altitude, ground speed, and other data, to ground 26
stations and other aircraft, as well as weather and 27
traffic information to aircraft operators. 28
(c) "Touch-and-go landing" means an operation by an 29
aircraft that lands and departs on a runway without stopping or 30
exiting the runway. 31
(2) An airport may not use information broadcast or 32
collected by automatic dependent surveillance broadcast systems, 33
regardless of whether that data originates from ADS-B In or ADS-34
B Out, as a means for calculating, generating, and collecting 35
fees from aircraft owners or operators who operate aircraft 36
within the geographic boundaries of this state under the 37
following circumstances: 38
(a) When the operation for which a fee would be assessed 39
is a departure or landing, including, but not limited to, a 40
touch-and-go landing. 41
(b) When the fee would be assessed based on an aircraft 42
entering into a specified radius of the airspace of the airport 43
assessing the fee. 44
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 45