The Wyoming Senate on Feb. 7, 2025 adopted an amendment broadening prohibitions in a bill designed to protect critical infrastructure from unlawful drone activity and then passed Senate File 132 on third reading.

Senator Jones sponsored Senate File 132, described in the transcript as "an act relating to Defense Forces and affairs" and focusing on protecting critical infrastructure and systems from drones. Senator Hicks moved third‑reading amendment No. 1 to add language making it a violation to operate model aircraft or small unmanned aircraft carrying explosive devices near critical infrastructure. Senator Hicks told colleagues during floor remarks that small consumer devices—"something you can buy for $500"—have become weapons that can cause disproportionate damage and that the amendment addresses model aircraft equipped with explosives or designed as a flying explosive.

After the body adopted the amendment by voice vote, the Senate voted on the bill on third reading. The chief clerk called the roll and the transcript records the final roll call as 30 ayes and 1 no. The chief clerk then announced that Senate File 132 had passed the Senate.

Senator Hicks framed the amendment in terms of recent battlefield use of small unmanned aircraft and described the risk of explosive‑carrying model aircraft near critical infrastructure. The amendment’s language extends the bill beyond mere restrictions on photography or observation to explicitly prohibit operation of devices with an explosive purpose near protected sites.

Votes at a glance: the amendment was adopted on the floor and the bill passed final third reading; the transcript records the final tally as "30 aye, 1 no." The Senate president declared Senate File 132 passed following the roll call.

The bill now moves forward per the Legislature’s process for bills passed by the Senate.