HB1807 • 2026

Authorizes law enforcement to intercept and disable unmanned aircraft that post credible threats to public safety

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Sharp, Mark (037)
Last action: 2026-05-15
Official status: 05/15/2026 - Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
Effective date: 2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

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Law Enforcement Can Stop Harmful Drones

This bill allows police officers and agencies to take steps, like jamming signals, to stop unmanned aircraft that pose a danger to public safety.

What This Bill Does

Defines 'mitigation measures' as actions taken by law enforcement to neutralize or disable an unmanned aircraft system.
Allows peace officers and law enforcement agencies to use reasonable methods to detect, track, identify, intercept, or disable unmanned aircraft that are being used illegally or dangerously.
Requires peace officers and agencies to have a reason to believe the unmanned aircraft is involved in criminal activity, poses an immediate threat to public safety, or violates laws before taking action.

Who It Names or Affects

Law enforcement officers and agencies
Owners and operators of unmanned aircraft systems

Terms To Know

Mitigation measures: Actions taken to stop or reduce the harmful effects of an unmanned aircraft, such as jamming signals.
Nefarious manner: Using an unmanned aircraft for illegal, dangerous, or harmful purposes.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify the exact methods law enforcement can use to disable drones.
It is unclear how this legislation will be enforced and what penalties might apply if it is violated.

Bill History

2026-05-15 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
2026-01-08 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Read Second Time (H)
2026-01-07 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Read First Time (H)
2025-12-01 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Prefiled (H)

Official Summary Text

Authorizes law enforcement to intercept and disable unmanned aircraft that post credible threats to public safety

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1807
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE SHARP (37).
5363H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 590, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to unmanned
aircraft mitigation by law enforcement.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 590, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 590.1450, to read as follows:
590.1450. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "Mitigation measur es", actions, such as jamming, that ar e taken to cause
3 electr onic interfer ence to neutralize, intercep t, disable, or disrupt an unmanned air craft
4 system in order to prev ent illegal or harmful activity;
5 (2) "Nefarious manner", using an unmanned air craft system for an illegal,
6 danger ous, or harmful purpose. Such purpose may include, but is not limited to, spying,
7 smuggling contraband, facilitating criminal activity , or posing a dir ect thr eat to public
8 safety .
9 2. A peace officer or law enforcem ent agency may take r easonable and necessary
10 mitigation measur es against a thr eat posed by an unmanned aircraft system operating
11 within this state in a nefarious manner . Such measur es may include, but shall not be
12 limited to, any of the following:
13 (1) The use of detection, tracking, and identification methods; and
14 (2) The intercep tion or disabling of an unmanned air craft system thr ough legal
15 and safe methods including, but not limited to, jamming, hacking, or physical captur e.
16 3. A peace officer or law enforcem ent agency shall act under subsection 2 of this
17 section only if ther e is r easonable suspicion that the unmanned air craft system is
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 involved in criminal activity , poses an imminent thr eat to public safety , or is otherwise
19 operating in violation of state or federal law .
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