Florida HB 387: Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcasts

Bill Text

CS/HB 387 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to automatic dependent surveillance 2
broadcasts; creating s. 330.42, F.S.; providing 3
definitions; prohibiting airports from using 4
information broadcast or collected by automatic 5
dependent surveillance broadcast systems for specified 6
purposes under certain conditions; providing an 7
effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Section 330.42, Florida Statutes, is created to 12
read: 13
330.42 Automatic dependent surveillance broadcasts.— 14
(1) For purposes of this section, the term: 15
(a) "Aircraft" has the same meaning as in s. 330.27, 16
except that the aircraft must have a gross weight of 12,499 17
pounds or less and operate under 14 C.F.R. part 91. 18
(b) "Automatic dependent surveillance broadcast" means an 19
advanced aviation surveillance technology that combines an 20
aircraft's positioning source, aircraft avionics, and a ground 21
infrastructure to create an accurate surveillance interface 22
between an aircraft and air traffic control. The term includes 23
two different services, ADS-B In and ADS-B Out, that can provide 24
information, such as an aircraft's global positioning system 25

CS/HB 387 2026

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location, altitude, ground speed, and other data, to ground 26
stations and other aircraft, as well as weather and 27
traffic information to aircraft operators. 28
(c) "Touch-and-go landing" means an operation by an 29
aircraft that lands and departs on a runway without stopping or 30
exiting the runway. 31
(2) An airport may not use information broadcast or 32
collected by automatic dependent surveillance broadcast systems, 33
regardless of whether that data originates from ADS-B In or ADS-34
B Out, as a means for calculating, generating, and collecting 35
fees from aircraft owners or operators who operate aircraft 36
within the geographic boundaries of this state under the 37
following circumstances: 38
(a) When the operation for which a fee would be assessed 39
is a departure or landing, including, but not limited to, a 40
touch-and-go landing. 41
(b) When the fee would be assessed based on an aircraft 42
entering into a specified radius of the airspace of the airport 43
assessing the fee. 44
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 45