Maryland Senate Bill 370 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: Passed on May 12 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-05-12 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 164
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Providing that only the State may enact a law or take other action to prohibit, restrict, or regulate the testing or operation of unmanned aircraft systems; requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development, in consultation with other specified institutions, to study specified benefits and concerns; requiring specified State and local government entities and officials to review the use of unmanned aircraft systems and report their findings to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 31, 2018; etc.

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research, Development, Regulation, and Privacy Act of 2015

Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]	Sen. John Astle [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. Stephen Hershey [R]
Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Richard Madaleno [D]	Sen. Bryan Simonaire [R]	Sen. Stephen Waugh [R]

2015-04-05 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (136-1) (Y: 136 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2015-04-05 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (47-0) (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-03-20 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-12	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 164
2015-04-13	Senate	Passed Enrolled
2015-04-13	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2015-04-13	Senate	Senate Concur - House Amendments
2015-04-10	House	Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-1)
2015-04-10	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2015-04-10	House	Favorable with Amendments {380019/1 Report Adopted
2015-04-10	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
2015-04-02	House	Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-03-20	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation
2015-03-20	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2015-03-19	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2015-03-19	Senate	Floor Amendment (Senator Middleton) {913428/1 Adopted
2015-03-19	Senate	Floor Amendment (Senator Mathias) {333426/1 Adopted
2015-03-19	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {137578/1 Report Adopted
2015-03-19	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2015-03-10	Senate	Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-02-06	Senate	First Reading Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0370?ys=2015rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/sb/sb0370f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/sb/sb0370t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/sb/sb0370e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/Chapters_noln/CH_164_sb0370e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0370_13757801.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0370_33342601.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0370_91342801.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0370_38001901.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/fnotes/bil_0000/sb0370.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/votes_comm/sb0370_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/votes_comm/sb0370_env.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0370,s-0494&stab=02&ys=2015RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0370,s-1031&stab=02&ys=2015RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0370,h-1003&stab=02&ys=2015RS