Aircraft and airports; critical infrastructure facilities; removing certain exception; effective date.
HB 2312 prohibits operating drones below 400 feet over designated critical infrastructure facilities, including refineries, power plants, water treatment centers, pipelines, and telecom towers. It directly affects drone operators, requiring prior authorization from facility owners or operators to fly in these areas. Key provisions ban unauthorized low-altitude drone flights, contact with facilities, or interference with operations, with exceptions for government entities, facility owners, law enforcement, and FAA-authorized commercial operators. The bill takes effect November 1, 2025.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Last action Apr 9, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from House to Senate floor versions with minor structural changes. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, including the definition of critical infrastructure facilities, drone operating restrictions, and exemptions. No new definitions, funding, dates, or enforcement mechanisms were added or removed.
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No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; formatting differences between House and Senate versions only.
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Removed House-specific header text and page numbering formatting
Added Senate-specific header text and page numbering formatting
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Floor votes · House Mar 12, 2025
How they voted
90–0
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 100
Mar 12, 2025
D
Democratic19
73% Yea
R
Republican81
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Aeronautics and Transportation committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Transportation
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Transportation
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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