WA People
BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

HB 1270: 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 2019 (HB 1270), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2019
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Matt Shea (R-4)
Introduced
January 17, 2019 in the House
Last action
January 13, 2020

AN ACT Relating to providing citizens with a civil process to stop nonconsensual capture of their private, personal, and familial activities by trespassers;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Matt Shea (R-4)

1 co-sponsor (0 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Bob McCaslin R-4

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.

HB 1270 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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