The silly thing is that you could shoot all sorts of offensive footage without the use of a drone but that does not appear to be illegal.

I wonder how these state legislators think they have any authority to regulate the use of airspace and aircraft that fly in that airspace.

The real wonderment is why the fed think they have say over the states on the state's airspace. The whole "drone" issues should be handled by the states & not the FAA.

Air commerce is interstate commerce. If the states were to regulate their airspace separately, then we would have 50 different sets of rules instead of one.

That bill is a result of drone videos blowing the whistle on pig farms' illegal waste handling:
http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2014/06/18/commission-holds-public-hearing-on-banning-new-large-hog-farms-in-buffalo-river-watershed

"The real wonderment is why the fed think they have say over the states on the state's airspace"

Don't get me wrong. I'm a big believer of States rights because the federal government has grown way beyond what was envisioned when the nation was founded. But there are certain things that do fall under the purview of the federal government, like national defense, the post office, printing and minting currency, etc.

Regulating airspace, and for that that matter the electronic airwave spectrum, also seems to be more appropriately the job of the federal government. But, having said that, It could be argued that Article 1 of the Constitution lists certain powers that are reserved to the federal government that do not belong to the states, and conversely the 10th Amendment to the Constitution (the last article in the Bill Of Rights) says that powers not specifically given to the federal government belong to the states and the people; so airspace and airwaves, not being mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, belong to the states. But I have to agree with Steve Mann. Without a central governing authority over these national resources, chaos would ensue.

The real wonderment is why the fed think they have say over the states on the state's airspace. The whole "drone" issues should be handled by the states & not the FAA.
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It is a STATE bill. Am I missing something here?

John