Skip to content

Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 831

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: failure to charge a mandatory GPS device and providing a criminal penalty.

Corrections, department of Data processing — Criminal acts and law enforcement

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law requires the Department of Corrections to track a person using a

global positioning system tracking device if the person committed certain child sex

offenses or if the person is on supervised release after having been committed for

treatment as a sexually violent person. Under current law, a person who tampers

with, or blocks, diffuses, or prevents the clear reception of a signal from, such a GPS

device is guilty of a Class I felony. Under this bill, a person who is subject to such GPS

tracking is guilty of a Class I felony if he or she intentionally fails to charge the GPS

device.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Craig (R) , Erpenbach (D) , Feyen (R)

10 cosponsors

Berceau (D) , Considine (D) , Duchow (R) , Hesselbein (D) , Jacque (R) , Kulp (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Tusler (R)

Full history

  1. Feb 21, 2018 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Feyen, Erpenbach and Craig; cosponsored by Representatives Hesselbein, Duchow, Jacque, Kulp, Considine, Spiros, Rohrkaste, Berceau, Spreitzer and Tusler

  2. Feb 21, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1