FL S1422

Expands the definition of "critical infrastructure facility" to include wired communications facilities and adds an exception allowing drone operations over critical infrastructure for commercial purposes authorized by and compliant with FAA regulations

Increases the criminal penalty for knowingly operating a drone over, making contact with, or interfering with a critical infrastructure facility from a second-degree misdemeanor to a third-degree felony

Prohibits knowingly altering, tampering with, or disabling an unmanned aircraft's FAA remote identification system, and prohibits possessing or operating a drone so altered, punishable as a third-degree felony; possessing or operating a drone carrying a weapon of mass destruction is a first-degree felony

Authorizes property owners with a reasonable expectation of privacy to use reasonable force to stop a drone conducting surveillance below 500 feet over their privately owned real property

Creates new criminal penalties for illegal drone surveillance of private property: a first-degree misdemeanor for the surveillance itself, and a third-degree felony if the illegally obtained surveillance is intentionally distributed; these penalties do not apply to state agencies, political subdivisions, or law enforcement