HB2694 Summary

• Amends the Criminal Code to expand exceptions to the prohibition on electronic tracking devices for State and local government agencies tracking their own vehicles.

• Allows State agencies and their Inspectors General to use electronic tracking devices on vehicles under State control to track movement of State employees and contractors.

• Permits local government agencies to authorize their Inspectors General to use electronic tracking devices on vehicles owned, leased, or controlled by the local government to track employees and contractors.

• Establishes violations of these tracking provisions as Class A misdemeanors.

• Takes effect immediately upon becoming law.