HB1519 provides appropriations to the department of career and technical education and agriculture commissioner for uncrewed aircraft system, autonomous vehicle, or other autonomous technology (drone) grants.
The North Dakota State House of Representatives passed HB1519 on April 26, 2023 by a vote of 82 to 10. We have assigned pluses to the nays because funding drone research and autonomous technologies should not be the responsibility of the government. Government-issued grants often grant the government or bureaucracy the authority to choose winners and losers, leading to an expansion of government and increased interference in the private sector.