In October, several new laws went into effect in Florida, and one law is putting harsher penalties on people who use tracking devices without a person’s consent.
Installation or Use of Tracking Devices or Applications, also known as Senate Bill 1168, makes it a second-degree offense if someone uses a tracking device on a person’s property or to track their movements to commit a dangerous crime.
If someone murders, assaults, kidnaps, robs or rapes someone who was tracked, under the new law, they can face up to 15 years in prison if convicted…