Bill Text: NJ A1549 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes it fourth degree crime to engage in certain tracking and location activities.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [A1549 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-A1549-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 1549

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  PAUL D. MORIARTY

District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Verrelli

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Makes it a crime of the fourth degree for a private citizen to use a tracking device to track another person without that person's consent.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning electronic tracking devices and supplementing Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.    As used in this act, an "electronic tracking device" is any device used to track the location or movement of a person that reveals its location or movement by the transmission of electronic signals.

     b.    A person who uses an electronic tracking device without the written consent of the person whose location or movements are being tracked commits a crime of the fourth degree. 

     c.     This act shall not apply to:

     (1)   the lawful use of an electronic tracking device by a law enforcement agency; or

     (2)   the parent or guardian of a minor child who uses an electronic tracking device for the purpose of tracking such minor child.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect on the 90^th day following enactment and shall apply to a person who uses an electronic tracking device on or after the effective date of this act.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill would make it a crime of the fourth degree to use a tracking device to track the movements or location of another person without that person's consent.

     The bill would not apply to the lawful use of an electronic tracking device by a law enforcement agency, or to the parent or guardian of a minor child who uses an electronic tracking device for the purpose of tracking such minor child.

     The bill defines "electronic tracking device" as any device used to track the location or movement of a person that reveals its location or movement by the transmission of electronic signals.

     A crime of the fourth degree is generally punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to 18 months or a fine of up to $10,000 or both.