Increases the penalties for using an unmanned aircraft system to interfere with a law enforcement, firefighting, search and rescue or emergency response effort.

Crime

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Judiciary
Last action: 2025-08-08
Official status: Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2025-08-08 Senate
Chapter 604, 2025 Laws.
2025-08-08 Senate
Effective date, January 1, 2026.
2025-07-24 Senate
Governor signed.
2025-06-30 Senate
President signed.
2025-06-30 House
Speaker signed.
2025-06-27 Senate
Rules suspended. Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. Ayes, 27; Nays, 2--Linthicum, Robinson; Excused, 1--Thatcher.
2025-06-26 House
Second reading.
2025-06-26 House
Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Boice. Passed. Ayes, 42; Nays, 1--Nelson; Excused, 9--Cate, Diehl, Harbick, McIntire, Nguyen H, Reschke, Wallan, Wright, Yunker; Excused for Business of the House, 8--Boshart Davis, Breese-Iverson, Gamba, Helfrich, Lively, Mannix, McLain, Nathanson.
2025-06-25 House
Work Session held.
2025-06-25 House
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed.
2025-06-11 House
Public Hearing held.
2025-05-28 House
Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
2025-05-28 House
Referred to Rules by order of Speaker.
2025-05-22 House
Work Session held.
2025-05-14 House
Work Session held.
2025-04-22 House
Public Hearing held.
2025-04-10 House
Referred to Judiciary.
2025-04-03 Senate
Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. Ayes, 21; Nays, 7--Anderson, Bonham, Linthicum, McLane, Nash, Robinson, Smith DB; Excused, 2--Gorsek, Woods.
2025-04-03 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
2025-04-02 Senate
Carried over to 04-03 by unanimous consent.
2025-04-01 Senate
Carried over to 04-02 by unanimous consent.
2025-03-31 Senate
Second reading.
2025-03-28 Senate
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
2025-03-19 Senate
Work Session held.
2025-03-12 Senate
Public Hearing held.
2025-03-03 Senate
Referred to Judiciary.
2025-02-27 Senate
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

<b>Digest: The Act makes it a worse crime to use a drone to meddle in an emergency. The Act says that it is a crime to cause death or serious injury by using a drone to meddle in an emergency. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.3).</b>
[<i>Digest: The Act makes it a worse crime to use a drone to meddle in a wildfire emergency. The Act says that it is a crime to cause death or serious injury by using a drone to meddle in an emergency. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.3).</i>]
Increases the penalties for using an unmanned aircraft system to interfere with a [<i>wildfire suppression effort</i>]<b> law enforcement, firefighting, search and rescue or emergency response effort</b>.
Modifies the felony of causing death or serious physical injury using an unmanned aircraft system to include causing death or serious physical injury by causing an unmanned aircraft system to interfere with a [<i>wildfire suppression, law enforcement or emergency response effort</i>]<b> law enforcement, firefighting, search and rescue or emergency response effort</b>.
Relating to: Relating to unmanned aircraft systems.
Current location: Chapter Number Assigned