I wrote to Flyod, and said "when regulating the misuse of drones, one should regulate the misuse, not the drone itself. your proposed bill completely disregards the fact that unmanned video capturing flying vehicles have a myriad of useful and constructive purposes (think amateur forest fire patrol, or disaster relief) as well as the ordinary hobbyists use for them. if people are spying with them, make that illegal, crack down on it by all means.
496 people were bludgeoned to death by hammers in 2011, but we are not (and should not) ban a useful tool for its possible misuses, as any powerful technology will inherently have."
he wrote back "SB 71 was introduced as a Senate Judiciary "place holder" bill. It was pre-session filed to get the bill into the process at the beginning of session. I understand the bill was broadly written, but it will be amended to focus on the "bad" conduct of the operator in using drones. I was given a copy of the drafted amendment on Friday and will be talking to the Judiciary staff about some additional changes before the bill is scheduled for hearing. My intent is to address the misuse of drones and to protect individuals' privacy rights."
ok. that's a good thing, I suppose. I am sort of amazed that I gat an actual response.