Stop Electronic Stalking Act

Bill: 118-hr-6035
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2023-10-24
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2023-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6035 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 24, 2023 Mrs. Sykes introduced the following bill October 25, 2023 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To criminalize stalking using an unauthorized geotracking device.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Electronic Stalking Act . 2. Stalking penalty Section 2261A of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking Whoever and inserting (a) In general.— Whoever ; (2) by inserting after uses the mail, the following: uses an unauthorized geotracking device ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (b) Definitions In this section: (1) The term geotracking device means an electronic or mechanical device that permits a person to remotely determine or track the position and movement of another person. (2) The term unauthorized means, with respect to a geotracking device, that the person on whom the geotracking device is being used has not consented to such use or otherwise revoked consent to such use. .