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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3171 By: Phillips of the House
and
Bergstrom of the Senate
An Act relating to crimes and punishments ;
prohibiting unlawful uses of drones; making violation
a misdemeanor; providing exceptions; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes a s Section 1743 of Title 21, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. No person using an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS ) or drone,
as defined by the Federal Aviation A dministration, may, except as
authorized by law:
1. Trespass on property with intent to subject anyone to
eavesdropping or other surveillance in a private place ;
2. Install in any private place, without the consent of the
person or persons entitled to privacy there, any device for
observing, photographing, recording, amplify ing, or broadcasting
sounds or events in such place, or use any such unauthorized
installation;
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3. Intentionally use a drone to photograph, record, or
otherwise observe another person in a private place where the person
has a reasonable expectation of pri vacy; or
4. Land a drone on the lands or waters of another resident
provided the resident owns the land beneath the water body in its
entirety without the owner 's consent.
B. A person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection A of this section do not apply to
law enforcement officers, or to those acting under the direction of
a law enforcement officer, while engaged in the performance of the
officers' lawful duties. Paragraph 3 of subsection A of this
section does not apply to a drone operator o perating a drone for
bona fide business or bona fide government purposes who
unintentionally or incidentally photographs, records, or otherwise
observes another person in a private place, nor does it apply to a
designated emergency management worker operat ing a drone within the
scope of the worker's duties.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 15th day of March, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the Senate