AN ACT relating to aviation safety. Create an new section of KRS Chapter 183 to allow airports to prepare unmanned aircraft facility maps; require the map to be filed with the secretary of the airport board and published on the airport's Web site; require consultation in developing the map with the FAA control tower at an airport, if one exists; restrict the scope of a map to approach surface areas defined by federal regulations; mandate that any such map restricting the operation of unmanned aircraft published by the FAA shall be the unmanned aircraft facility map for that airport; create an new section of KRS Chapter 183 to prohibit the operator of an unmanned aircraft or the operator's supervisor from operating or allowing the operation of an unmanned aircraft in a reckless manner or a manner that would cause an incursion, exempt unmanned aircraft operated from commercial purposes in accordance with FAA regulations; amend KRS 189.011 to define the terms "operate," "operator," "unmanned aircraft," and "unmanned aircraft facility map"; amend KRS 183.990 to provide penalties.
Bill status
vetoed
3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2017
Senate Passage
Mar 2017
Vetoed
Mar 2017
Introduced Feb 17, 2017
Vetoed Mar 29, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
40
Key actions
7
Committee
9
Mar 29, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Bill passed 35-1
legislature
Mar 29, 2017
Committee
To Rules (S)
legislature
Mar 29, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Bill passed 93-0
legislature
Mar 29, 2017
Vetoed
Veto overridden
legislature
Mar 29, 2017
Vetoed
Posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
legislature
Mar 29, 2017
Committee
To Rules (H)
legislature
Mar 29, 2017
Vetoed
Vetoed
legislature
Mar 27, 2017
Vetoed
Vetoed
legislature
Mar 15, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Bill passed 87-3
legislature
Mar 15, 2017
Legislature · Passed
House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
legislature
Mar 15, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
legislature
Mar 14, 2017
Committee
To Rules (H)
legislature
Mar 8, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a consent bill
legislature
Feb 28, 2017
Committee
To Transportation (S)
legislature
Feb 22, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Posted in committee
legislature
Feb 21, 2017
Committee
To Small Business & Information Technology (H)
legislature
Feb 17, 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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