Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3948
Increases the penalty for operating an unmanned aircraft system over a critical infrastructure facility that is a correctional facility or youth correction facility.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: The Act makes it a worse crime to fly a drone over a correctional facility. The Act says that the court can take away the drone upon conviction. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.7). Increases the penalty for operating an unmanned aircraft system over a critical infrastructure facility that is a correctional facility or youth correction facility. Makes the crime punishable by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Provides that, upon conviction, the court shall order that the unmanned aircraft system be forfeited. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsor
15 co-sponsors
Court Boice, Shelly Boshart Davis, Vikki Breese-Iverson, Ed Diehl, Christine Drazan, Darcey Edwards, Darin Harbick, Bobby Levy, Virgle Osborne, Mark Owens, E. Werner Reschke, Anna Scharf, Alek Skarlatos, Boomer Wright, Dwayne Yunker
In the Senate
Sponsor
1 co-sponsor
Its course
March 20 to June 27, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action4 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesMar 20 to Jun 27 · stopped99 days
Waiting for a committeeMar 20 to Mar 200 days
JudiciaryMar 20 to Jun 27 · stopped99 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Mar 20 – Jun 27
All 4 actions, as published
- Mar 20First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Mar 20Referred to Judiciary.House of Representatives
- Apr 7Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives