{"id":1302,"date":"2013-04-05T17:40:55","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T23:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2013-04-05T17:40:55","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T23:40:55","slug":"missouri-house-passes-bill-targeting-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/missouri-house-passes-bill-targeting-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri House passes bill targeting drones"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Elizabeth Crisp<\/a>, St. Louis Post Dispatch
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JEFFERSON CITY<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2022\u00a0 The state House wants to make Missouri a \u201cno drone zone.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the House passed legislation that would bar warrant-less surveillance via manned or unmanned aircraft. It also would require journalists to seek permission from property owners before using unmanned aircraft, and private organizations or state agencies would have to seek permission for any aircraft surveillance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe the citizens of this state deserve and expect a reasonable amount of privacy,\u201d said Rep. Casey Guernsey, a Republican from Bethany who sponsored the bill.<\/p>\n

Missouri isn\u2019t the first state to target the use of drones. According to local reports, Idaho lawmakers\u00a0approved regulations<\/a>\u00a0on the use of drones this week. The Minnesota Legislature is\u00a0considering a similar measure<\/a>. Last month, Washington state lawmakers\u00a0dropped their anti-drone efforts<\/a>after intense lobbying from aircraft-maker Boeing.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0drone bill that passed<\/a>\u00a0the Missouri House sets out specific protections for farms.<\/p>\n

Citing a story that went viral last year, Guernsey told House members that he filed the bill in response to the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s alleged use of drones in Nebraska and Iowa. But according to the\u00a0Washington Post<\/a>, the EPA never used drones. Instead, the agency has relied on small, manned aircraft to look for clean-water violations.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Guernsey said on the House floor that the government has shown a willingness and capability \u201cto actually spy on citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want that to happen in Missouri,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

During a debate on the bill, lawmakers also mentioned a\u00a0debunked story<\/a>\u00a0that celebrity gossip siteTMZ.com<\/a>\u00a0is planning to use drones for paparazzi photos.<\/p>\n

The anti-drone bill passed Missouri’s Republican-controlled House in an 87-66 vote.<\/p>\n

Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, compared the measure to legislation that regulates the use of wiretaps. He said the Legislature is just trying to keep up with modern technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt applies an old principal of the wiretap act to the new technology of drones that can be flown above family farms and family homes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But some lawmakers said they worried the legislation could deal a blow to law enforcement efforts. The state Highway Patrol and other agencies use manned aircraft to find marijuana growers and meth labs, said Rep. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington.<\/p>\n

In its initial form, the legislation only impacted the use of drones and other unmanned aircraft, but it was amended on the House floor to target manned aircraft, as well.<\/p>\n

Engler said the amendment led some law enforcement officials to express concern over the impact on future investigations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has opened up some areas that I didn\u2019t anticipate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Rep. Jeff Roorda, a Democrat from Barnhart and former police officer, said law enforcement often use varied surveillance tactics to track suspicious activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what I did when I worked undercover in narcotics,\u201d he said. \u201c(This legislation) goes way too far. It disables law enforcement\u2019s ability to keep us safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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