Florida 2025 2025 Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill S1168 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/25/2025

 Florida Senate - 2025 SB 1168  By Senator Leek 7-01392-25 20251168__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the installation or use of tracking 3 devices or applications; amending s. 934.425, F.S.; 4 providing enhanced penalties for a person who, in 5 furtherance of a dangerous crime, knowingly installs 6 or places a tracking device or tracking application on 7 another persons property without consent or uses such 8 a device or application to determine a persons or 9 their propertys location or movement without consent; 10 providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1.Subsection (6) is added to section 934.425, 15 Florida Statutes, and subsections (2) and (5) of that section 16 are republished, to read: 17 934.425Installation or use of tracking devices or tracking 18 applications; exceptions; penalties. 19 (2)Except as provided in subsection (4), a person may not 20 knowingly: 21 (a)Install or place a tracking device or tracking 22 application on another persons property without that persons 23 consent; or 24 (b)Use a tracking device or tracking application to 25 determine the location or movement of another person or another 26 persons property without that persons consent. 27 (5)A person who violates this section commits a felony of 28 the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 29 775.083, or s. 775.084. 30 (6)A person who violates this section in furtherance of a 31 dangerous crime as defined in s. 907.041(5)(a) commits a felony 32 of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 33 775.083, or s. 775.084. 34 Section 2.This act shall take effect October 1, 2025.