Bill Text: VA HB2012 | 2013 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Drones; moratorium on use of unmanned aircraft systems by state or local government department, etc.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-04-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0755) [HB2012 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2013-HB2012-Comm_Sub.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 2012 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee for Courts of Justice on February 1, 2013) (Patrons Prior to Substitute--Delegates Cline and Gilbert [HB 1616]) A BILL to place a moratorium on the use of unmanned aircraft systems.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. No state or local agency or organization having jurisdiction over criminal law enforcement or regulatory violations, including but not limited to the Department of State Police, and no department of law enforcement as defined in §15.2-836 of  any county, city, or town shall utilize an unmanned aircraft system before July 1, 2015.