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It is not currently against the law in Florida to electronically track someone, but one state lawmakers says it ought to be.

James Bond was famous for his big, bulky tracking devices.but fast forward 50 years, and they are available to everyone and anyone.

”I can keep an eye on my husband” claims on web video. Another chimes: “You can track phone calls, applications.”

One legal disclaimer requires users to divulge their existence…but then says this in the sales pitch. “Once its installed on the device, the user won’t know its there because its running in the background, and you can choose to track and monitor what you will.”

State Senator Dorothy Hukill says such tracking is becoming more and more prevalent and needs to stop. “Just think of how someone would fell who previously had an order for protection against an ex and now the ex buys an very inexpensive tracking device, puts it on the car, tracks them” says Hukill.

Popular for tacking kids, ,divorced parents must both agree under this bill. And if one spouse has previously given consent, a filing of a divorce petition automatically revokes that consent.

Domestic violence experts say there is no end to which determined stalkers will go to track someone. Meg Baldwin of the Refuge House says staying on top of techniques is a never ending battle. “You have to really struggle to keep on top of what all those applications are. All the different ways in which a stalker or a batterer may be intimidating or finding a victim.”

The legislation carries misdemeanor penalties of a $500.00 dollar fine, or six months being monitored by the local sheriff in the local jail. The legislation, if approved, would take effect in October.