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SB 1168 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Installation or Use of Tracking Devices or Applications

Summary
Installation or Use of Tracking Devices or Applications; Providing enhanced criminal penalties for a person who, to commit or facilitate the commission of a dangerous crime, knowingly installs or places a tracking device or tracking application on another person’s property without consent or uses such a device or application to determine a person’s or their property’s location or movement without consent, etc.
Issues: ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeBill expands criminalization by imposing enhanced penalties for non-consensual tracking, aligning with 'oppose' indicators of increased criminalization.92% confidence ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyBill criminalizes unauthorized tracking of people/property, directly protecting location privacy and aligning with data privacy safeguards.90% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Signed May 22, 2025
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What changed between versions

S 1168 c1 → S 1168 er · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill establishes enhanced criminal penalties for installing or using tracking devices without consent when done to facilitate a dangerous crime. The enrolled version confirms the bill has passed both legislative chambers and is ready for the governor's signature. The substantive legal text remains unchanged from the committee version, with only formatting and metadata updates.
TECHNICAL

Document metadata updated from committee version (c1) to enrolled version (er) with final bill number 20251168er and effective date of October 1, 2025

Removed committee attribution and page numbering formatting, replacing with official enrolled bill header information

Added bill metadata including bill type (General Bill), sponsor identifier (GB), and timestamp information

Floor votes · Senate Apr 9, 2025 · House Apr 29, 2025

How they voted

37–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
Apr 9, 2025
D Democratic10
10 Yea
100% Yea
I Independent1
1 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican27
26 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
32
Key actions
11
Committee
10
May 22, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 25 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/24/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/11/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Tom Leek
Tom Leek
RRepublican
FL
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