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I hope you will read and share my new guest column on the risk #HB41 in its current form poses to our law enforcement community and the greater public.
Lives Are On The Line As Texas Lawmakers Debate Drone Ban
By Dennis Farris
I’ve lost too many friends in the line of duty. When lives are on the line, we must do everything in our power to ensure first responders have the best possible tools to protect themselves and the public. That’s why I must weigh in to oppose Texas lawmakers push to pass House Bill 41 – a well-intentioned but misguided piece of legislation that would force law enforcement and firefighters to abandon one of our most effective tools for saving lives: drones.
Drones have revolutionized emergency response. They can be deployed instantly, providing officers with real-time intelligence before they step into dangerous situations. In active shooter incidents, fires, search-and-rescue missions, and disaster recovery efforts, drones allow first responders to quickly and accurately assess threats, locate victims, and make high stakes decisions – without putting human lives at unnecessary risk.
I’ve seen it firsthand. When someone is lost in the wilderness or trapped under rubble, thermal imaging on drones has helped locate them when every second counts. When armed suspects flee into the night, drones offer aerial thermal imaging that keeps officers and civilians safe. Drones navigate environments that human responders can’t: collapsed buildings, chemical spills, raging floodwaters, and dangerous terrain.
Yet, instead of recognizing their life-saving value, HB41 would force police and fire departments to throw out these critical tools because they contain foreign-made parts. Why? There is concern foreign-made drones pose a security threat, but right now there is no specific evidence backing this fear. In fact, Congress already mandated a federal security study on these drones, set to be completed by December 2025. Texas legislators are rushing to ban them before the facts are even in. Legislators shouldn’t pass a ban with very real life-and-death consequences based on theoretical threats.
Law enforcement has been outspoken against this bill, and their main concern is the rapid timeline the bill imposes for stopping use and procurement of this technology. Departments would have no time to transition their drone programs and no good options for replacing their current drones. Right now, American manufacturers simply do not produce enough drones to replace the foreign-made models at the scale first responders require. Those that are available cost much more and often lack the capabilities law enforcement relies on – meaning agencies will either be forced to cut their drone programs entirely or spend astronomical sums on inferior equipment. It would be like telling people to throw out their iPhone and replace it with a $3,000 flip phone because the chip in their smartphone isn’t American-made.
This issue shouldn’t be about politics or splashy anti-China headlines. Officer safety is on the line. Texas has always stood by its first responders, ensuring we have the support needed to protect our communities. Restricting access to drones will make our work more dangerous, put officers and firefighters at unnecessary risk, and ultimately jeopardize the very communities we are sworn to protect.
We owe it to every first responder who has put their life on the line to ensure they have the tools they need to come home safely. HB41 is a step in the wrong direction. Let’s not let fear dictate policy when lives—both first responders’ and civilians’—are at stake.
Dennis Farris is President of the Austin Retired Police Officers Association and has had a 30-year law enforcement career.
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Re #HB41 Clean Fuels bill, Senator Woods seems unaware that the cost per mile to fuel #ElectricVehicles is only 1/3 of a gas car: EV's at 5c per mile vs gas at 14c per mile. #ActOnClimate #nmpol https://t.co/lom5GW39gx
#HB41 passed Senate Conservation this morning!
Thank you Senators @SenJoeCervantes, @Carrie_Hamblen, @nm_pope, @ASL4Justice4all, Chair Liz Stefanics, and @SenatorSoules for your leadership on clean fuels standards!
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Passing #HB41, clean fuel standards, by the @NMLegislature this session is key to helping @NMEnvDep secure $55M in federal grant dollars for EACH of these areas: @CityOfGallup, @RioRanchoNM, @cityoftucumcari for transportation infrastructure. #nmpol
This is a chart of gas prices in New Mexico. The $0.07 cost of a clean fuels program that Oregon reports is buried in the noise of Dec-Jan variations. Pass #HB41 Clean Fuels standard. #NMPol @ProgressNowNM
In today's #HENRC hearing on #HB41 Clean Fuels bill, Rep Townsend tries to scare us, claiming it will increase gas prices by $1 or $1.50. Oregon's clean fuels program says it increased gas prices by $0.07 per gallon. Tiny. #NMpol @ProgressNowNM https://t.co/6GsBJyHXVf
As #HB41 at #NM House Energy and Nat Resources Committee led by @mcqueenfornm plows into its third hour Rep Larry Scott begins asking questions and this pops to mind from two years ago:
“We are coming up on our 8th hour in this committee, okay? Just in the interest of humanity.” #NMLeg Rep. McQueen trying to speed up meeting.... ugh
#HB41 Clean Fuel Standards (incentivizes "low-carbon fuels") draws fire from both the left and right, then gets a thumbs-up from Dylan Fuge, head of @EmnrdNM, @exxonmobil, EOG, @NativeVoters, @RioGrandeSierra and more
Politics and #energy policy make strange bedfellows
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For the past few sessions Republicans (in the minority) have dragged out committee hearings on bills they don't like and can't kill (particularly dealing with #oilandgas) for hours
Like these:
#HB41 Clean Transportation Fuel Standards
then
#HB48 Oil And Gas Future Royalty Rate
For years, the @NMEnvDep has heard from companies who want to invest in New Mexico and bring jobs here to make low carbon fuels. This is the year we pass the #CleanTransportationFuel standard! #nmpol #HB41
Rio Valley Biofuels sees green in New Mexico, urging lawmakers to support a #CleanTransportationFuel standard to attract alternative fuel producers to deliver positive economic AND environmental impacts to the state https://t.co/q1rWcgogRF via @CrucesSunNews
NC legislators find yet another vulnerable group to get tough on: #homeless families https://t.co/BQpIBVaNUy #ncpol via @ncpolicywatch #ncga #ncgov #HousingCrisis #hotels #HB41 #sb53
Two gender modification-related bills:
#HB42 by @BryanforHD2 classifies those surgeries explicitly as "child abuse": https://t.co/Z5FUddC3ma
#HB41 by @Toth_4_Texas that prohibits doctors from conducting those surgeries: https://t.co/tOXPcpC3WQ
Exceptions in #HB41:
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