Please vote in favor of HB1616:
Makers of drones are pushing Congress to open the skies to their use to provide law-enforcement and local code enforcers the ability to spy on you.
In Virginia, the law prohibits law-enforcement from tracking you using GPS or to intercept your personal communications without a warrant. Why is that? Because it violates the 4th amendment.
Why, then, should they be allowed to use unmanned drones to follow you and take pictures of you to track your activity without a warrant?
HB1616 prohibits the domestic use of drones for surveillance by state agencies, organizations, or any department of law enforcement in Virginia without a warrant.
The bill came up late in the day on Monday, January 21. Arguments from both sides were heard but there were members of the committee who had not read the 13-page bill so it was carried over until their next meeting on Monday, January 28, 2013. The meeting convenes immediately after session adjourns in House Room C.
Respectfully,
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