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Lawmakers take steps to protect drone economies and universities involved

The introduction of legislation Wednesday to ban drone use in Kansas has raised concerns over the potential impact of a ban on the state’s economy, a subject that has been debated in several other Plains states also considering such bans, the Huffington Post reports. The Kansas drone ban bill [1], introduced by Rep. Travis Couture-Lovelady (R-Palco), would prohibit law enforcement from using drones in the state without a warrant, which is similar to measures pending in a several other states [2]. The bill’s scope has raised concerns that it could end the drone pilot training program at Kansas State University in Salina [3] as well as other drone training and manufacturing industries in the state. Similar bills pending in North Dakota [4] and Oklahoma [5] — where aerospace industries and aviation education programs have thrived — have incorporated exemptions into the text. Kansas and North Dakota are among the states competing to be one of six federal test centers for drones…

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