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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
April 4, 2022
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 , amplifying, or broadcasting
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sounds or events in such place, or use any such unauthorized
installation;
3. Intentionally use a drone to photograph, record, or
otherwise observe another person in a private place where the person
has a reasonable expectati on of privacy; 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.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
April 4, 2022 - DO PASS