VA SB584 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-08 - Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 8-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-08 - Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 8-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Unmanned aircraft systems; invasion of privacy; civil action; criminal violations. Creates a civil cause of action for the physical and constructive invasion of privacy where a person uses an unmanned aircraft system to enter into the airspace above the land of another person to capture an image, as specified in the bill, of private property or an individual located on the private property without consent or uses an unmanned aircraft system to capture such an image in lieu of physically entering the land or airspace. The bill allows a plaintiff to recover the greater of actual damages or $1,000, along with reasonable attorney fees and costs. The bill allows a court to award punitive damages when actual damages are awarded. The bill also creates crimes for using an unmanned aircraft for unauthorized surveillance of property and persons on the property, peeping and spying, and for taking photographs after receiving written notice that the landowner or individual objects.
Title
Unmanned aircraft systems; civil cause of action created, criminal violations.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2016-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 8-N) (Y: 7 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2016-02-08 | Senate | Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 8-N) |
2016-02-08 | Senate | Committee substitute printed to Web only 16105275D-S1 |
2016-01-13 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
2016-01-13 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103144D |
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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18 | 2 | 130.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 130.2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 130.3 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
8 | 01 | 40.4 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |