State standards for delivery drone ports signed into law
Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation that will codify state construction standards for delivery drone ports and limit the say local governments have in their regulation.
The measure (SB 1068), which lawmakers passed unanimously in April, is designed to make Florida more hospitable to the burgeoning drone delivery industry.
It provides statutes with definitions of “drone delivery service” and “drone port,” the latter described as “a standalone building” up to 36 feet tall and 1,500 square feet or less, located in a nonresidential area used to launch and land small, unmanned aircraft that transport goods.
It’s also “a preemption bill,” in the words of Tampa Republican Sen. Jay Collins, the...
