"Video Voyeurism" Bill Passes In The House
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) – A bill which would increase charges against so-called 'video voyeurs' will now go to the state House after it received unanimous approval in the Senate.
In a vote of 40-0, Senate bill 436 passed after an amendment was added which clarified that people under 19 can't be charged with a felony.
This bill increases video voyeurism offenses that are now first-degree misdemeanors to third-degree felonies. It also increases current third-degree felony video voyeurism offenses to second-degree felonies. And it makes clear that people have a "reasonable expectation of privacy" inside a home.
Video voyeurism is the secret recording of another person while naked or in some state of undress. A high-profile case last year involved a man charged with recording tanning-bed customers.
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