Bill Text: FL S1514 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Drones
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2023-05-05 - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability [S1514 Detail]
Download: Florida-2023-S1514-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2023 SB 1514 By Senator Wright 8-01319A-23 20231514__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to drones; amending s. 934.50, F.S.; 3 requiring governmental agencies that use drones not 4 produced by approved manufacturers to submit by a 5 specified date to the Department of Management 6 Services a comprehensive plan for discontinuing the 7 use of such drones by a specified date; deleting an 8 obsolete provision; requiring all governmental 9 agencies that do not timely submit the required 10 comprehensive plan to discontinue usage of such drones 11 by a specified date; providing an effective date. 12 13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14 15 Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (7) of 16 section 934.50, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 17 934.50 Searches and seizure using a drone.— 18 (7) SECURITY STANDARDS FOR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY DRONE USE.— 19 (d) By August 1, 2023July 1, 2022, a governmental agency 20 that uses aanydrone not produced by an approved manufacturer 21 shall submit to the department a comprehensive plan for 22 discontinuing the use of such a drone by July 1, 2026. The 23 department shall adopt rules identifying the requirements of the 24 comprehensive plan required under this paragraph. 25 (e)By January 1, 2023,All governmental agencies that do 26 not timely submit the comprehensive plan required by paragraph 27 (d) shallmustdiscontinue the use of drones not produced by an 28 approved manufacturer. The department shall establish by rule, 29 consistent with any federal guidance on drone security, minimum 30 security requirements for governmental agency drone use to 31 protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data 32 collected, transmitted, or stored by a drone. The department may 33 consult federal agencies in establishing the minimum security 34 requirements required under this paragraph. 35 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.