Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06971 Latest Draft

Bill / Chaptered Version Filed 06/15/2015

                            House Bill No. 6971

Public Act No. 15-175

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF A GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: 

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015) (a) A person is guilty of electronic stalking when such person recklessly causes another person to reasonably fear for his or her physical safety by wilfully and repeatedly using a global positioning system or similar electronic monitoring system to remotely determine or track the position or movement of such other person. 

(b) Electronic stalking is a class B misdemeanor.