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