BILL · 2017–18 SESSION
HB 2477: Trespass on privacy
Concerning nonconsensual capture of private, personal, and familial activities by trespassers.
Summary
- Creates and defines a statutory civil cause of action making it unlawful for a person to intrude onto the land or airspace above the land of another through trespass or the use of any device.
- Requires that the entry or invasion must be made in order to capture any type of visual image or other physical impression of the plaintiff engaging in a private, personal, or familial activity and that the invasion occurs in a manner that is offensive to a reasonable person.
From the House Bill Analysis 2018 (HB 2477), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 10, 2018
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Joyce McDonald (R-25)
- Introduced
- January 10, 2018 in the House
- Last action
- January 10, 2018
AN ACT Relating to providing citizens with a civil process to stop nonconsensual capture of their private, personal, and familial activities by trespassers;
Sponsors
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).
HB 2477 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 2477 (2025–26) Real estate appraisals
- HB 2477 (2023–24) Controlled subst. violations
- HB 2477 (2019–20) Prof. licensing review
- HB 2477 (2015–16) Filing fee petitions
- HB 2477 (2013–14) Janitorial services
- HB 2477 (2011–12) Missing endangered persons
- HB 2477 (2009–10) Criminal firearm use
- HB 2477 (2007–08) Groundwater