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2016 SESSION
HB 878 Invasion of privacy; civil action, damages, attorney fees and costs.
Introduced by: Timothy D. Hugo | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Invasion of privacy; civil action; damages; attorney fees and costs. Creates a civil cause of action for the physical and constructive invasion of privacy where a person, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass enters onto the land or into the airspace above the land of another person to capture an image, as specified in the bill, of private property or an individual located on the private property without consent or uses any device, including an unmanned aircraft system, to capture such an image in lieu of physically entering the land or airspace. The bill allows a plaintiff to recover the greater of actual damages or $1,000, along with reasonable attorney fees and costs. The bill allows a court to award punitive damages when actual damages are awarded.
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HISTORY
- 01/12/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102094D
- 01/12/16 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/27/16 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 02/03/16 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 02/16/16 House: Left in Courts of Justice