HB 416 - Prohibits Remote Stalking - Pennsylvania Key Vote

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Title: Prohibits Remote Stalking

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits remote stalking via online technology in the state of Pennsylvania.

Highlights:

  • Repeals previous language governing stalking and similar offenses (Sec. 1). 

  • Defines stalking and amends the definition to include that a person commits the crime of unauthorized tracking when they place a technological device on someone for the purpose of tracking them and transmitting their location (Sec. 1). 

  • Specifies that this does not apply to law enforcement agencies, is pursuant of a court order, parents of a minor (Sec. 1).

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