Language from the legislation:
GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Negron ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Brandes ; Evers ; Bradley
Searches and Seizures; Citing this act as the “Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act”; prohibiting a law enforcement agency from using a drone to gather evidence or other information; authorizing an aggrieved party to initiate a civil action in order to prevent or remedy a violation of the act; prohibiting a law enforcement agency from using in any court of law in this state evidence obtained or collected in violation of the act, etc.
Senate Committee References: Criminal Justice (CJ) , Community Affairs (CA) , Judiciary (JU) , Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ) , Appropriations (AP)
Last Action: 03/07/2013 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/12/13, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
Effective Date: July 1, 2013
I'm stoked! Our entire state has been a freakin'
"Constitution-Free Zone" for years.
From the Huffington Post: Miami
Florida lawmakers are hoping to restrict the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, in Sunshine State skies.
Thursday a House committee unanimously passed the Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act, which limits police to use camera drones only if they have a search warrant or can prove “imminent danger.”
This is first piece of
good legislation to come out of my Sunshine State in a long time. Our teabagger legislature in Tallahassee is usually about as useless as tits on a boar hog.
Just a couple years ago I was freakin' out because of what was going on in Miami-Dade.
In 2011 Miami-Dade Police were the first in the country to have a Federal Aviation Administration permit to use drones similar to those used in Afghanistan. See a full fact sheet on their two drones below.
At the time, I thought drones would start spreading... like the plague.
Miami-Dade recently filed to renew their FAA permit:
But now there's at least some hope that won't happen.
I hope other states soon follow Florida's lead.
It's time to fight back!