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 person’s property without consent or uses such
    8         a device or application to determine a person’s or
    9         their property’s location or movement without consent;
   10         providing an effective date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   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         934.425 Installation 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 person’s property without that person’s
   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  person’s property without that person’s 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.