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SB 508 Unmanned aircraft systems; use by Department of State Police and Department of Transportation.
Introduced by: Charles W. Carrico, Sr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Use of unmanned aircraft system; public bodies. Allows an unmanned aircraft system to be deployed without a warrant (i) by a law-enforcement officer to survey the scene of an accident for the purpose of crash reconstruction and record photographic or video images of the scene and (ii) by the Department of Transportation when assisting a law-enforcement officer to prepare a report of such accident because of personal injury, death, or property damage of $1,500 or more. This bill is identical to HB 1482.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104197D pdf
- 01/22/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105739D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18107306D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/06/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB508ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/30/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0654) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104197D
- 01/09/18 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/22/18 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105739D-S1
- 01/23/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/18 Senate: Read second time
- 01/24/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/24/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18105739D-S1
- 01/24/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB508S1
- 01/25/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/29/18 House: Read first time
- 01/29/18 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/15/18 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/19/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/18 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18107306D-H1
- 02/27/18 House: Read second time
- 02/28/18 House: Read third time
- 02/28/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18107306D-H1
- 02/28/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB508H1
- 02/28/18 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/18 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/18 Senate: Title replaced 18107306D-H1
- 03/02/18 Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/18 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/06/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB508ER)
- 03/06/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/15/18 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2018
- 03/15/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 03/30/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 654 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/30/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0654)