Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona SB1160: drones; entertainment districts; prohibition
Status: Chaptered, June 22, 2026
SB1160 - (NOW: drones; entertainment events; prohibition)
What the bill says
An act amending section 13-3729, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to unmanned aircraft. Section [DELETED: 1.] 1. Section 13-3729, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to state preemption; classification; definitions A. It is unlawful for a person to operate a model aircraft or a civil unmanned aircraft if the operation: 1. Is prohibited by a federal law or regulation that governs aeronautics, including federal aviation administration regulations. 2. Interferes with a law enforcement, firefighter or emergency services operation. B. It is unlawful for a perso.
From the chaptered text, July 1, 2026:
AN ACT amending section 13-3729, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to unmanned aircraft. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Section [DELETED: 1.] 1. Section 13-3729, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to state preemption; classification; definitions A. It is unlawful for a person to operate a model aircraft or a civil unmanned aircraft if the operation: 1. Is prohibited by a federal law or regulation that governs aeronautics, including federal aviation administration regulations. 2. Interferes with a law enforcement, firefighter or emergency services operation. B. It is unlawful for a person to operate or use an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system to intentionally photograph or loiter over or near a critical facility in the furtherance of any criminal offense. C. It is unlawful for a person to intentionally operate a civil unmanned aircraft within five thousand two hundred eighty feet of or within five thousand two hundred eighty feet above a ticketed entertainment event Unless the person: 1. Obtains written consent from another person with legal authority over the ticketed entertainment event. 2. Is an employee of the property where the ticketed entertainment event is held and is conducting official business. 3. Is an employee of a water, sewer, electric, telecommunications, cable or other public or regulated utility and is conducting official business. 4. Is operating the person's own civil …