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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri House Bill 2587 criminalizes unauthorized drone flights near correctional facilities, open-air venues, and mental health hospitals
Last action · May 7, 2026: Placed on Informal CalendarSponsors: Mike Jones and 3 others
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What This Bill Would Do
House Bill 2587 prohibits operating unauthorized unmanned aircraft systems within 400 feet of correctional centers, critical infrastructure, mental health hospitals, and open-air entertainment facilities with capacities of 500 or more people. The legislation establishes baseline s for unauthorized flights and penalizes weapon or drug deliveries via drone as class B, C, or D felonies. Additionally, the measure empowers law enforcement officers to track, intercept, or disable drones posing imminent threats or involvement in criminal activity.
The measure alters legal penalties and operational rules for drone operators across Missouri, exposing unauthorized pilots to s or felony charges while granting law enforcement specific authority to disable drones using physical force, jamming, or hacking.
- State legislatures across the country have increasingly introduced bills to regulate unmanned aircraft systems near sensitive infrastructure and correctional facilities in response to security and contraband concerns. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
drone operators
Drone operators face flight restrictions, mandatory notification requirements, infraction penalties for unauthorized flights, and felony charges for delivering contraband near specified facilities.
law enforcement agencies
Law enforcement officers gain explicit statutory authority to deploy tracking, interception, jamming, hacking, and physical force against drones posing imminent threats or involved in criminal activity.
public utilities and rural electric cooperatives
Utilities and cooperatives are permitted to operate drones for infrastructure maintenance near restricted facilities upon providing prior notice and securing required escorts.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Procedural history
36 actions- May 7, 2026HousePlaced on Informal Calendar
- May 7, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Do Pass (S)
- Apr 30, 2026SenateCommitteeVoted Do Pass (S)
- Apr 30, 2026SenateExecutive Session Held (S)
- Apr 20, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred: Fiscal Oversight(S)
- Apr 16, 2026SenateCommitteeSCS Reported Do Pass (S)
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- Apr 8, 2026SenateCommitteeSCS Voted Do Pass (S)
- Apr 8, 2026SenateExecutive Session Held (S)
- Mar 25, 2026SenatePublic Hearing Held (S)
- Mar 23, 2026SenatePublic Hearing Scheduled (S)
- Mar 12, 2026SenateCommitteeSecond read and referred: Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence(S)
- Mar 2, 2026SenateReported to the Senate and First Read (S)
- Mar 2, 2026HouseEmergency Clause Adopted (H)
- Mar 2, 2026HouseFloorThird Read and Passed (H)
- Mar 2, 2026HouseTaken Up for Third Reading (H)
- Mar 2, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Do Pass (H)
- Mar 2, 2026HouseCommitteeVoted Do Pass (H)
- Mar 2, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Feb 26, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Fiscal Review(H)
- Feb 25, 2026HousePerfected (H)
- Feb 25, 2026HouseHCS Adopted (H)
- Feb 25, 2026HouseTitle of Bill - Agreed To
- Feb 25, 2026HouseTaken Up for Perfection (H)
- Feb 25, 2026HousePlaced on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)
- Feb 23, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Do Pass (H)
- Feb 23, 2026HouseCommitteeVoted Do Pass (H)
- Feb 23, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Feb 17, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Rules - Administrative(H)
- Feb 11, 2026HouseCommitteeHCS Reported Do Pass (H)
- Feb 10, 2026HouseCommitteeHCS Voted Do Pass (H)
- Feb 10, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Feb 3, 2026HousePublic Hearing Completed (H)
- Jan 8, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Crime and Public Safety(H)
- Jan 8, 2026HouseFloorRead Second Time (H)
- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroducedRead First Time (H)
- Dec 29, 2025HouseIntroducedPrefiled (H)
Version history
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Discoveries
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Expanded Drone Mitigation Authority
The legislation extends specific law enforcement mitigation powers—including jamming, hacking, and physical force—across correctional centers, open-air venues, and mental health hospitals.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance80How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy35Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment15Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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