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11 FIRSTREGULARSESSION
22 HOUSEBILLNO.210
33 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
44 INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEVANSCHOIACK.
55 0985H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
66 ANACT
77 Toamendchapter542,RSMo,byaddingtheretotennewsectionsrelatingtounmannedaerial
88 systems,withpenaltyprovisions.
99 BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
1010 SectionA.Chapter542,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretotennewsections,tobe
1111 2knownassections542.550,542.552,542.554,542.556,542.558,542.560,542.562,542.564,
1212 3542.566,and542.568,toreadasfollows:
1313 542.550.1.Sections542.550to542.568shallbeknownandmaybecitedasthe
1414 2"UnmannedAerialSystemsSecurityActof2025".
1515 542.552.1.Forthepurposesofsections542.550to542.568,thefollowingterms
1616 2mean:
1717 3 (1)"Countryofconcern",thePeople’sRepublicofChina,theRussian
1818 4Federation,theIslamicRepublicofIran,theDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea,
1919 5theRepublicofCuba,theVenezuelanregimeofNicolásMaduro,ortheSyrianArab
2020 6Republic,includinganyagentoforanyotherentityundersignificantcontrolofsuch
2121 7countryofconcern,oranyotherentitydeemedbythegovernorinconsultationwith
2222 8appropriatefederalandstateofficials;
2323 9 (2)"Criticalcomponent",adronecomponentrelatedtoflightcontrollers;radio;
2424 10datatransmissiondevices;cameras;gimbals;groundcontrolsystems;operating
2525 11software,includingcellphoneortabletapplicationsbutnotcellphoneortablet
2626 12operatingsystems;networkconnectivity;ordatastorage.Theterm"critical
2727 13component"shallnotmeanpassiveelectronicssuchasresistorsandnon-data-
2828 14transmittingmotors,batteries,andwiring;
2929 EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
3030 intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 15 (3)"Criticalinfrastructure",systemsandassets,whetherphysicalorvirtual,so
3131 16vitaltothestateofMissouriortheUnitedStatesofAmericathattheincapacityor
3232 17destructionofsuchsystemsandassetswouldhaveadebilitatingimpactonstateor
3333 18nationalsecurity,stateornationaleconomicsecurity,stateornationalpublichealth,or
3434 19anycombinationofthosematters.Criticalinfrastructuremaybepubliclyorprivately
3535 20owned,andincludesbutisnotlimitedto:
3636 21 (a)Gasandoilproduction,storage,ordeliverysystems;
3737 22 (b)Watersupply,refinement,storage,ordeliverysystems;
3838 23 (c)Telecommunicationsnetworks;
3939 24 (d)Electricalpowerdeliverysystems;
4040 25 (e)Emergencyservices;
4141 26 (f)Transportationsystemsandservices;or
4242 27 (g)Personaldataorotherwiseclassifiedinformationstoragesystems,including
4343 28cybersecurity;
4444 29 (4)"Data",anyinformation,document,media,ormachine-readablematerial
4545 30regardlessofphysicalformorcharacteristicsthatiscreatedorobtainedbya
4646 31governmentagencyinthecourseofofficialagencybusiness;
4747 32 (5)"Drone",anunmannedaircraft,watercraft,orgroundvehicleorarobotic
4848 33devicethat:
4949 34 (a)Iscontrolledremotelybyahumanoperator;or
5050 35 (b)Operatesautonomouslythroughcomputersoftwareorotherprogramming;
5151 36 (6)"Flightmappingsoftware",anyprogramorgroundcontrolsystemthat
5252 37allowsfortheuserto:
5353 38 (a)Inputasetofcoordinatesorlocationstowhichthedronewillautonomously
5454 39flytoinapredeterminedflightpattern;or
5555 40 (b)Controltheflightpathordestinationofthedronefromanydeviceotherthan
5656 41adedicatedhandheldcontrollerwithinsightofthedrone;
5757 42 (7)"Geofence",avirtualgeographicboundarydefinedbyglobalpositioning
5858 43system(GPS),radiofrequencyidentification(RFID),orsomeotherlocationpositioning
5959 44technology,createdtopreventtheuseofdronedeviceswithinarestrictedgeographic
6060 45area;
6161 46 (8)"Governmentagency",anystate,county,local,ormunicipalgovernment
6262 47entityoranyunitofgovernmentcreatedorestablishedbylawthatusesadroneforany
6363 48purpose;
6464 49 (9)"Instructionaltechnology",aninteractivedeviceusedbyaschoolthatassists
6565 50ininstructingaclassoragroupofstudentsandincludesthenecessaryhardwareand
6666 HB210 2 51softwaretooperatetheinteractivedevice.Thetermalsoincludessupportsystemsin
6767 52whichaninteractivedevicemaymountandisnotrequiredtobeaffixedtothefacilities;
6868 53 (10)"Opendata",datawhicharestructuredinawaythatenablesthedatatobe
6969 54fullydiscoverableandusablebythepublic.Thetermdoesnotincludedatathatare
7070 55restrictedfrompublicdisclosurebasedonfederalorstatelawsandregulations
7171 56including,butnotlimitedto,thoserelatedtoprivacy,confidentiality,security,personal
7272 57health,businessortradesecretinformation,andexemptionsfromstatepublicrecords
7373 58lawsordataforwhichagovernmentagencyisstatutorilyauthorizedtoassessafeefor
7474 59itsdistribution;
7575 60 (11)"Researchandaccountabilitypurposes",adroneusedindirectsupportof
7676 61researchondronehardware,operatingsystems,software,communicationssystemsand
7777 62protocols,components,anddatapracticesforthepurposeofunderstandingthe
7878 63existenceandextentofpotentialthreatsandvulnerabilities,andmitigationsthereof.
7979 64Thisresearchshallbeconductedatthedirectionofastategovernmentagencyora
8080 65federalagencyorapartycontractedbyastategovernmentagencyorfederalagencyto
8181 66conducttheresearch;
8282 67 (12)"School",anorganizationofstudentsforinstructionalpurposesonan
8383 68elementary,secondary,orpost-secondarylevelauthorizedunderrulesofthe
8484 69departmentofelementaryandsecondaryeducationorthedepartmentofhigher
8585 70educationandworkforcedevelopment;
8686 71 (13)"Sensitivelocation",alocationinMissouriwheredroneusageisprohibited
8787 72andthatisrequiredtobegeofencedbycompaniesthatprovideflightmappingsoftware
8888 73inordertopreventunauthorizeduseofdrones.Theselocationsshallincludemilitary
8989 74locations,powerstations,criticalinfrastructure,andotherlocationsdeterminedtobe
9090 75sensitivebythedepartmentoftransportationinconsultationwithrelevantstateand
9191 76federalauthorities.
9292 542.554.Agovernmentagencyshallonlyuseadronefromamanufacturerthat
9393 2meetstheminimumsecurityrequirementsspecifiedinsections542.550to542.568.A
9494 3manufacturerthatmeetssuchrequirementsisdeemedanapprovedmanufacturerfor
9595 4thegiventierasspecifiedinsection542.556.Notwithstandingamanufacturer’s
9696 5designationasanapprovedmanufacturer,thegovernmentagencyisstillrequiredto
9797 6ensurethatthedroneitintendstousecomplieswithallapplicableprovisionsofthis
9898 7rule.
9999 542.556.1.Dronesshallbeclassifiedasfollows:
100100 2 (1)"Tierone",adronethatdoesnotcollect,transmit,orreceivedataduring
101101 3flight.Examplesofsuchdronesincludedronesthatnavigatealongpre-programmed
102102 HB210 3 4waypointsandtethereddrones.Adroneusedbyaschoolexclusivelyasinstructional
103103 5technologyshallbeclassifiedastieronedroneusage;
104104 6 (2)"Tiertwo",adronethatmaycollect,transmit,orreceiveonlyflightcontrol
105105 7data,excludingvisualandauditorydata;or
106106 8 (3)"Tierthree",adronethatmaycollect,transmit,orreceiveanydata,
107107 9includingvisualorauditorydata.
108108 10 2.(1)Dronesusedforresearchandaccountabilitypurposesshallbeexempt
109109 11fromtherequirementsinsections542.558,542.562,and542.564.Ifusingotherwise
110110 12prohibiteddronesforresearchandaccountabilitypurposes,agovernmentagencyshall
111111 13weighthegoalsoftheresearchagainsttherisktonetworksanddata.
112112 14 (2)Agovernmentagencyusingotherwiseprohibiteddronesundertheexception
113113 15establishedundersubdivision(1)ofthissubsectionshallprovidewrittennoticetothe
114114 16departmentoftransportationofsuchusenolaterthanthirtydayspriortoutilizingthe
115115 17exception.Suchnoticeshallstatetheintendedpurpose,participants,andultimate
116116 18beneficiariesoftheresearch.
117117 19 (3)Totheextentallowedbylawandexistingagreementbetweenthepartiesto
118118 20theresearch,thegovernmentagencyconductingresearchundertheexception
119119 21establishedundersubdivision(1)ofthissubsectionshall,upontherequestofthe
120120 22department,provideaccesstotheresearchfindings.
121121 542.558.Agovernmentagencyshallnotpurchase,acquire,orotherwiseusea
122122 2droneoranyrelatedservicesorequipmentproducedbyamanufacturerdomiciledina
123123 3countryofconcernorproducedbyamanufacturerthegovernmentagencyreasonably
124124 4believestobeownedorcontrolled,inwholeorinpart,byacountryofconcernora
125125 5companydomiciledinacountryofconcern.
126126 542.560.1.Adroneoritssoftwareinusebyagovernmentagencyshallconnect
127127 2totheinternetonlyforpurposesofcommandandcontrol,coordination,orother
128128 3communicationtogroundcontrolstationsorsystemsrelatedtothemissionofthedrone.
129129 4Ifconnectingtotheinternetunderthissection,agovernmentagencyshall:
130130 5 (1)Requirethecommandandcontrol,coordination,orothergroundcontrol
131131 6stationsorsystemstobesecuredandmonitored;or
132132 7 (2)Requirethecommandandcontrol,coordination,orothergroundcontrol
133133 8stationsorsystemstobeisolatedfromnetworkswherethedataofagovernmentagency
134134 9isheld.
135135 10 2.(1)Adroneoritssoftwareinusebyagovernmentagencyshallconnecttoa
136136 11computerorthenetworkofagovernmentagencyonlyif:
137137 12 (a)Thedroneoritssoftwareisisolatedinawaythatpreventsaccesstothe
138138 13internetandanynetworkwherethedataofagovernmentagencyisheld;
139139 HB210 4 14 (b)Thedroneoritssoftwareusesremovablememorytoconnecttoacomputer
140140 15ornetworkthatisisolatedinawaythatpreventsaccesstoanetworkwherethedataofa
141141 16governmentagencyisheld;and
142142 17 (2)Anytransferofdatabetweenanisolatednetworkdescribedinparagraph(a)
143143 18or(b)ofsubdivision(1)ofthissubsectionandanetworkwherethedataofa
144144 19governmentagencyisheldshallrequire:
145145 20 (a)Aninitialscanformaliciouscodeusingantivirusoranti-malwaresoftware
146146 21onthecomputerthatconnecteddirectlyorindirectlytothedrone;
147147 22 (b)Theuseofantivirusandanti-malwaresoftwareduringdatatransfer;and
148148 23 (c)Ascanformaliciouscodeofthedestinationofthetransferreddatausing
149149 24antivirusandanti-malwaresoftware.
150150 25 3.Adroneoritssoftwareinusebyagovernmentagencyshallnotconnectwitha
151151 26telephone,tablet,orothermobiledeviceissuedbyagovernmentagencyorthatconnects
152152 27toagovernmentagencynetwork.Governmentagencydevicesthataresolelyusedfor
153153 28thecommandandcontrol,coordination,orothercommunicationtogroundcontrol
154154 29stationsorsystemsrelatedtothemissionofthedronesthatdonotconnecttothe
155155 30governmentagency’snetworkmaybeused.
156156 31 4.Adroneoritssoftwareinusebyagovernmentagencyshallbeusedin
157157 32compliancewithallotherapplicabledatastandardsasrequiredbylawandthe
158158 33governmentagency’sownpolicyandprocedure.
159159 542.562.Adroneoranyrelatedservicesorequipmentusedinaccordancewith
160160 2tiertwo,asdefinedinsection542.556,shall,inadditiontotherequirementsinsections
161161 3542.558and542.560,meetthefollowingminimumsecurityrequirements:
162162 4 (1)Regardlessofwhetherthegovernmentagencyisa"governmentagency"as
163163 5definedinsubdivision(8)ofsection542.552,thegovernmentagencyshallcomplywith
164164 6theportionsofsections542.550to542.568thatwouldbytheirnaturebeapplicableto
165165 7droneuse,itssoftware,oranyrelatedservicesorinteractionwithanydataoriginating
166166 8fromthedroneoritsuse;
167167 9 (2)AllcommunicationtoandfromadroneshallutilizeaFederalInformation
168168 10ProcessStandard(FIPS)140-2compliantencryptionalgorithm;and
169169 11 (3)Criticalcomponentsshallnotbeproducedbyamanufacturerdomiciledin,
170170 12orproducedbyamanufacturerthegovernmentagencybelievestobeowned,controlled
171171 13by,orotherwiseconnectedto,acountryofconcern.
172172 542.564.Adroneoranyrelatedservicesorequipmentusedinaccordancewith
173173 2tierthreeasdefinedinsection542.556,shall,inadditiontotherequirementsofsections
174174 3542.558,542.560,and542.562,meetthefollowingminimumsecurityrequirements:
175175 HB210 5 4 (1)DatastorageshallberestrictedtothegeographiclocationoftheUnited
176176 5States;and
177177 6 (2)Remoteaccesstodatastorage,otherthanopendata,fromoutsidetheUnited
178178 7Statesshallbeprohibitedunlessapprovedinwritingbyagovernmentagencyheador
179179 8hisorherdesignee.
180180 542.566.Subjecttoappropriation,anydepartmentcurrentlyusingadronethat
181181 2doesnotmeettheminimumrequirementsforthatdrone’susagetiermayrequesta
182182 3reimbursementuptothecostofacquiringadronethatmeetstheminimum
183183 4requirementsforthatdrone'susagetierfromthestatetreasurer,providedthe
184184 5requestincludespurchaseordersandastatementdescribingthedrone'susageand
185185 6necessity.
186186 542.568.1.Thedepartmentoftransportation,inconsultationwithotherstate,
187187 2local,andfederalauthorities,shallidentifythegeographiccoordinatesofsensitive
188188 3installationswithinthestateofMissouriforthepurposeofprohibitingdroneusageover
189189 4sensitivelocations.
190190 5 2.(1)Anyproviderofflightmappingsoftwareoranyotherprogramfor
191191 6operatingadroneshallgeofencethestate'ssensitivelocationstopreventtheflightof
192192 7anydroneoverthestate'ssensitivelocations.
193193 8 (2)Dronesusedbylawenforcementagenciesshallbeexemptfromtheusage
194194 9restrictionsofsubdivision1ofthissubsection.
195195 10 3.ItshallbeaclassBmisdemeanorforaproviderofflightmappingsoftwareto
196196 11allowausertoflyadroneoverasensitivelocationunlesstheuserisalawenforcement
197197 12agencyorofficer.
198198 13 4.(1)ItshallbeaclassBmisdemeanorforauserofadronethatdoesnothave
199199 14flightmappingsoftwaretoflysuchadroneoverasensitivelocation.
200200 15 (2)Lawenforcementofficersareexemptfromtheusagerestrictionsof
201201 16subdivision(1)ofthissubsection.
202202 17 (3)Individualswhohavethepermissionoftheauthorityinchargeofthe
203203 18sensitivelocationtooperateadronein,on,orabovethesensitivelocationareexempt
204204 19fromtheusagerestrictionsofsubdivision(1)ofthissubsection.
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