AB 439 — Revises provisions concerning the purchase or acquisition of certain unmanned aerial vehicles or other related equipment and services under certain circumstances. (BDR 44-896)

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439–ASSEMBLYMEMBER C OLE M ARCH 17, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure SUMMARY—Revises provisions concerning the purchase or acquisition of certain unmanned aerial vehicles or other related equipment and services under certain circumstances.

(BDR 44-896) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

No.

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Existing law, in relevant part, requires the Department of Public Safety to adopt regulations to establish a list of countries, businesses and entities from which a publicacquiring agencyany orunmanned lawaerial enforcementvehicle agencyor isother prohibitedequipment fromor purchasingservice orrelating to the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle.

(NRS 493.118) This bill provides that athea public agency or law enforcement agency may purchase or acquire any unmanned aerial vehicle or other equipment or service relating to the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle from a business or entity that would otherwise be containedcollected onby the listbusiness if:or entity is stored and maintained exclusively within the United States and is not accessible to certain third parties;

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(2) before the purchase or acquisition, the Department determines that the business or entity complies with the information storage and access requirements;

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

3.- 83rd Session (2025) – 2 – prepare and submit to the Director of the Legislative Counselear, Bureau for submission to the Legislature, or to the Legislative Commission when the Legislature is not in regular session, a report outlining the activities of public agencies with respect to the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles in this State.

The Department shall, on or before February 1 of each year, prepare and submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for submission to the Legislature, or to the Legislative Commission when the Legislature is not in regular session, a report outlining the activities of public agencies with respect to the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles in this State.

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(d) Search and rescue operations conducted for persons and property in distress.

(a) Authorize, as a public purpose, a public agency to operate an unmanned aerial vehicle that is registered with the Department in an order to conduct a scheduled inspection to ensure compliance with building or fire codes or laws, ordinances, regulations or rules adopting or establishing building or fire codes that are enforced by the public agency.

If - *AB439_R1* – 3 – any photograph, image or recording is collected in violation of such a regulation or if any other information is collected through the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle during such a scheduled inspection, the photograph, image, recording or other information:

and (2) May not be used to establish reasonable suspicion or probable cause as the basis for the investigation or prosecution of a crime or other offense.

and (b)- A83rd listSession of(2025) unmanned– aerial3 vehicles– and other related equipment or services that a public agency or law enforcement agency shall not operate, purchase or acquire.

(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, Public Law 116- 283,establishing anysuch amendmentsa theretolist;to or any subsequent federal law establishing(c) suchAny hardware, software, vendor or service prohibited from being used by a list;state agency in Nevada by a regulation, guideline or policy adopted by the Office of the Chief Information Officer within the Office of the Governor pursuant to NRS 242.111 and 242.115;

(c) Any hardware, software, vendor or service prohibited from being used by a state agency in Nevada by a regulation, guideline or policy adopted by the Office of the Chief Information Officer within the Office of the Governor pursuant to NRS 242.111 and 242.115;

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(a) Any photograph, image, recording or other information collected by the business or entity from the purchase, acquisition or operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle or other equipment ororn service relating to the operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle:

(b) Before the purchase or acquisition of the unmanned aerial vehicle or other equipment or service relating to the operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the Departmentpublic agency or law - 83rd Session (2025) – 4 – enforcement agency has determined that the policies of the business or entity comply with paragraph (a);

and (c) The purchase or acquisition complies with all requirements of federal law, including, without limitation, any restrictions on the9.se The provisions of subsection 8 shall not be construed to discourage the usepurchase or acquisition of federalany funds.unmanned aerial vehicle or other equipment or service relating to the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle that is manufactured in the United States.

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The provisions of subsection 8 shall not be construed to discourage the purchase or acquisition of any unmanned aerial vehicle or other equipment or service relating to the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle that is manufactured in the United States.

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This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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