Bill Text: CT HB06195 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Use Of An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-20 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [HB06195 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06195-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 6195
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 1750
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. CAMILLO, 151st Dist. SEN. KENNEDY, 12th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to (1) clarify that all existing crimes include the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle to commit the crime, (2) clarify that tortious invasion of privacy includes the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle to commit the tort, (3) establish the crime of weaponization of an unmanned aerial vehicle, (4) clarify that imagery obtained using an unmanned aerial vehicle is protected free speech provided the imagery is obtained under circumstances where no reasonable expectation of privacy exists, and while operating pursuant to federal law, (5) prohibit the damaging of unmanned aerial vehicles, (6) prohibit the interference with persons operating or assisting with the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles, (7) recognize that the regulation of airspace, airmen and aircraft falls within the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the federal government, (8) prohibit municipalities or state agencies from regulating airspace, airmen and aircraft, (9) clarify that municipalities and state agencies may regulate land use, zoning and laws of general applicability, (10) limit the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle by law enforcement and other state agencies, and (11) establish retention and destruction requirements for information collected by law enforcement using unmanned aerial vehicles.

Statement of Purpose:

To update state statutes to recognize the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle and to criminalize the weaponization of an unmanned aerial vehicle.