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House Judiciary Committee advances bill to ban unauthorized location tracking
Summary
The committee unanimously supported House Bill 407, which would add an offense to the stalking statute prohibiting installation or placement of a device to track another person without permission, with enumerated exceptions and a 60-day effective date.
The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to advance House Bill 407, a measure that would amend Title 18, Section 2709.1 (stalking) to prohibit unauthorized location tracking, committee counsel said.
Committee counsel told members the bill makes it an offense “when a person installs or places a technological device on the person or property of another to track the location or movements of the person without their permission,” and that the measure includes exceptions for law enforcement, court orders, parents tracking…
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