RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Bob McDonnell is carving out a few exemptions to legislation that would have imposed an outright ban on unmanned surveillance drone aircraft in Virginia, and he is moderating fines for a measure that would ban texting while driving.

The amendments, announced by the Republican governor’s office Monday, are among scores of amendments he’s offering to legislation the General Assembly passed in its 2013 session. McDonnell faced a midnight deadline to sign or amend legislation, the last such opportunity he will have in the single, four-year term that Virginia uniquely allows its governors.