# Stop Electronic Stalking Act of 2025

This bill makes it a federal crime to use a hidden tracking device to follow someone without their permission. Right now, federal stalking laws cover things like repeated phone calls, emails, and messages that threaten or harass someone. This bill adds a new tool to that list: secretly placing a GPS tracker or similar device on a person or their belongings to monitor their location and movements.

The law applies when someone uses a geotracking device—basically any electronic gadget that lets you remotely see where another person is and where they're going—without that person's knowledge or after they've told you to stop. This could be an AirTag hidden in a car, a GPS device planted in a backpack, or any similar technology designed to track someone's location. The key word is "unauthorized," meaning the person being tracked either never agreed to it or took back their permission at some point.

This matters because electronic stalking has become increasingly common as tracking technology gets cheaper and easier to hide. Abusive partners, obsessive ex-relationships, and other dangerous individuals have used these devices to monitor victims' movements, often as part of a pattern of control or harassment. By making this a federal crime, the bill gives law enforcement another way to prosecute and stop this behavior, and it sends a clear message that secretly tracking someone is illegal. If you're concerned about being tracked, this law would give you legal protection and a way to report the behavior to federal authorities.