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Senate advances bill to criminalize unauthorized entry into motor vehicles
Summary
The Senate advanced H.563 to create a new subsection in the criminal trespass law making knowingly entering another person’s motor vehicle without consent punishable by up to three months in jail or a $500 fine; the sponsor framed the change as closing a long‑standing privacy loophole.
Senator from Wyndham presented H.563 on second reading, saying the bill would amend the criminal trespass statute to make knowingly entering another person’s motor vehicle without consent a punishable offense.
"The interior of a person's motor vehicle holds an expectation of privacy and rightfully so," the senator said, arguing the measure would close what they described as a loophole that currently leaves vehicle occupants vulnerable when strangers go through their belongings.
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