Bill Text: TX HB2916 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2916

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to criminal and civil liability for disabling, damaging, or destroying an unmanned aircraft.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - Filed [HB2916 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB2916-Introduced.html

	89R10384 JCG-D

	By: Leach	H.B. No. 2916



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to criminal and civil liability for disabling, damaging,
	or destroying an unmanned aircraft.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 423, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Section 423.010 to read as follows:
	Sec. 423.010. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE: DISABLING, DAMAGING, OR
	DESTROYING UNMANNED AIRCRAFT. It is an affirmative defense to
	prosecution for an offense involving damage or destruction of
	property under Section 28.03 or 28.04, Penal Code, or to civil
	liability for the damage or destruction of an unmanned aircraft
	that the person:
	(1) was on property owned or legally occupied by the
	person;
	(2) used a firearm legally possessed by the person to
	disable, damage, or destroy an unmanned aircraft that the person
	did not authorize to be on or over the property; and
	(3) was not prohibited from discharging the firearm
	under Section 42.12, Penal Code, other law or local regulation, or a
	dedicatory instrument governing use of the property.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
	Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and
	the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
	purposes of this section, conduct occurs before the effective date
	of this Act if any element of the conduct occurs before the
	effective date.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.