Prohibiting the use of unmanned vehicles to disturb, pursue, fish, or hunt wild animals and providing penalties

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedMarch 11, 2019
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 5, 2020
3. ✕
   Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill prohibits a person from using an unmanned vehicle, as defined in the bill, to disturb, pursue, fish, or hunt or assist in the disturbing, pursuing, fishing, or hunting of a wild animal. The bill does not prohibit a person from using an unmanned aerial vehicle to track a downed deer over land open to the public for hunting, property on which the person has received permission from the owner or tenant to operate an unmanned aerial vehicle, or property owned or leased by the person; does not prohibit the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle for commercial purposes unrelated to hunting and fishing as long as the use is in compliance with federal aviation administration regulations, authorizations, or exemptions; and does not prohibit the use of an unmanned vehicle by the department of natural resources for purposes of removing or controlling invasive species.

Full bill text¹

House subcommittee

Named February 5, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Rep. Ross C. Paustian R
• Rep. David Kerr R
• Rep. Bob Kressig DEmail

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