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Bill	Use of Drones by Government Agencies	Use of Drones by Government Agencies; Expanding the authorized uses of drones by law enforcement agencies and other specified entities for specified purposes; requiring the Department of Management Services, in consultation with a specified officer, to publish a list of approved drone manufacturers meeting specified security standards; requiring governmental agencies to discontinue the use of specified drones by a certain date; requiring the department to establish minimum security standards for governmental agency drone use, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2021	SB 44	Florida SB 44 (2021)	bill	aviation	enacted	2021-165	Wright	5	43	6	2020-12-28	2021-07-06	openstates	ocd-bill/b6330427-8d61-42f1-9a66-e63a060b6c53	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/44/ByCategory	543c8f0773cc3f2e71e5efe4f67a35cfa6b80e11971610c50a6d88a3964f1773	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 44 (2021) — Use of Drones by Government Agencies

Use of Drones by Government Agencies; Expanding the authorized uses of drones by law enforcement agencies and other specified entities for specified purposes; requiring the Department of Management Services, in consultation with a specified officer, to publish a list of approved drone manufacturers meeting specified security standards; requiring governmental agencies to discontinue the use of specified drones by a certain date; requiring the department to establish minimum security standards for governmental agency drone use, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-165.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. S 44 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 44 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 44 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. S 44 e1 (engrossed) — source
5. S 44 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 88–24 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Returning Messages — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 16–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wright — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-12-28 Filed filing
• 2021-01-11 Referred to Criminal Justice; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Rules referral-committee
• 2021-01-15 On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/26/21, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
• 2021-01-26 CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
• 2021-01-26 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2021-01-28 Now in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
• 2021-02-08 On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 02/16/21, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
• 2021-02-16 Favorable by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-17 Now in Rules
• 2021-03-01 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/04/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
• 2021-03-02 Introduced introduction
• 2021-03-02 CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
• 2021-03-04 CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
• 2021-03-05 Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2021-03-05 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2021-03-10 CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
• 2021-03-15 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/18/21
• 2021-03-18 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-03-18 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-03-18 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 261, 262 passage
• 2021-03-18 Immediately certified
• 2021-03-18 In Messages
• 2021-04-20 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2021-04-20 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2021)
• 2021-04-20 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
• 2021-04-21 Amendment 892017 filed
• 2021-04-21 Amendment 090057 filed
• 2021-04-23 Substituted for CS/CS/HB 1049
• 2021-04-23 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-23 Amendment 090057 withdrawn
• 2021-04-23 Amendment 892017 adopted
• 2021-04-23 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2021-04-23 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2021-04-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-26 CS passed as amended; YEAS 88, NAYS 24 passage
• 2021-04-26 In returning messages
• 2021-04-26 Message sent to senate
• 2021-04-28 Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (892017)
• 2021-04-28 CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 passage
• 2021-04-28 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
• 2021-06-28 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2021-06-29 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-07-06 Chapter No. 2021-165

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b6330427-8d61-42f1-9a66-e63a060b6c53. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).