diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditFilters.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditFilters.cpp
index 550c8f17c4..09c165e9cb 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditFilters.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditFilters.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ QList<EntityItemID> EntityEditFilters::getZonesByPosition(glm::vec3& position) {
 }
 
 bool EntityEditFilters::filter(glm::vec3& position, EntityItemProperties& propertiesIn, EntityItemProperties& propertiesOut, bool& wasChanged, 
-        EntityTree::FilterType filterType, EntityItemID& itemID) {
+        EntityTree::FilterType filterType, EntityItemID& itemID, EntityItemPointer& existingEntity) {
     
     // get the ids of all the zones (plus the global entity edit filter) that the position
     // lies within
@@ -68,9 +68,15 @@ bool EntityEditFilters::filter(glm::vec3& position, EntityItemProperties& proper
             propertiesIn.setDesiredProperties(oldProperties);
 
             auto in = QJsonValue::fromVariant(inputValues.toVariant()); // grab json copy now, because the inputValues might be side effected by the filter.
+
+            // get the current properties for then entity and include them for the filter call
+            auto currentProperties = existingEntity ? existingEntity->getProperties() : EntityItemProperties();
+            QScriptValue currentValues = currentProperties.copyToScriptValue(filterData.engine, false, true, true);
+
             QScriptValueList args;
             args << inputValues;
             args << filterType;
+            args << currentValues;
 
             QScriptValue result = filterData.filterFn.call(_nullObjectForFilter, args);
             if (filterData.uncaughtExceptions()) {
@@ -182,8 +188,8 @@ static bool hadUncaughtExceptions(QScriptEngine& engine, const QString& fileName
 void EntityEditFilters::scriptRequestFinished(EntityItemID entityID) {
     qDebug() << "script request completed for entity " << entityID;
     auto scriptRequest = qobject_cast<ResourceRequest*>(sender());
-    const QString urlString = scriptRequest->getUrl().toString();
     if (scriptRequest && scriptRequest->getResult() == ResourceRequest::Success) {
+        const QString urlString = scriptRequest->getUrl().toString();
         auto scriptContents = scriptRequest->getData();
         qInfo() << "Downloaded script:" << scriptContents;
         QScriptProgram program(scriptContents, urlString);
@@ -227,6 +233,7 @@ void EntityEditFilters::scriptRequestFinished(EntityItemID entityID) {
             }
         } 
     } else if (scriptRequest) {
+        const QString urlString = scriptRequest->getUrl().toString();
         qCritical() << "Failed to download script at" << urlString;
         // See HTTPResourceRequest::onRequestFinished for interpretation of codes. For example, a 404 is code 6 and 403 is 3. A timeout is 2. Go figure.
         qCritical() << "ResourceRequest error was" << scriptRequest->getResult();
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditFilters.h b/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditFilters.h
index 6aeb347603..f25c3c092e 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditFilters.h
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditFilters.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public:
     void removeFilter(EntityItemID entityID);
 
     bool filter(glm::vec3& position, EntityItemProperties& propertiesIn, EntityItemProperties& propertiesOut, bool& wasChanged, 
-                EntityTree::FilterType filterType, EntityItemID& entityID);
+                EntityTree::FilterType filterType, EntityItemID& entityID, EntityItemPointer& existingEntity);
 
 signals:
     void filterAdded(EntityItemID id, bool success);
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityTree.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityTree.cpp
index e62399ce95..aa7215f53f 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityTree.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityTree.cpp
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ bool EntityTree::filterProperties(EntityItemPointer& existingEntity, EntityItemP
     if (entityEditFilters) {
         auto position = existingEntity ? existingEntity->getWorldPosition() : propertiesIn.getPosition();
         auto entityID = existingEntity ? existingEntity->getEntityItemID() : EntityItemID();
-        accepted = entityEditFilters->filter(position, propertiesIn, propertiesOut, wasChanged, filterType, entityID);
+        accepted = entityEditFilters->filter(position, propertiesIn, propertiesOut, wasChanged, filterType, entityID, existingEntity);
     }
 
     return accepted;
diff --git a/scripts/tutorials/entity_edit_filters/postition-example.js b/scripts/tutorials/entity_edit_filters/postition-example.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00f7391809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tutorials/entity_edit_filters/postition-example.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+function filter(properties, type, originalProperties) {    
+	
+	/* Clamp position changes.*/
+	var maxChange = 5;
+    function sign(val) {
+        if (val > 0) {
+            return 1;
+        } else if (val < 0) {
+            return -1;
+        } else {
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    function clamp(val, min, max) {
+        if (val > max) {
+            val = max;
+        } else if (val < min) {
+            val = min;
+        }
+        return val;
+    }
+
+
+    if (properties.position) {
+        /* Random near-zero value used as "zero" to prevent two sequential updates from being
+        exactly the same (which would cause them to be ignored) */
+        var nearZero = 0.0001 * Math.random() + 0.001;
+        var maxFudgeChange = (maxChange + nearZero);
+        properties.position.x = clamp(properties.position.x, originalProperties.position.x - maxFudgeChange, originalProperties.position.x + maxFudgeChange);
+        properties.position.y = clamp(properties.position.y, originalProperties.position.y - maxFudgeChange, originalProperties.position.y + maxFudgeChange);
+        properties.position.z = clamp(properties.position.z, originalProperties.position.z - maxFudgeChange, originalProperties.position.z + maxFudgeChange);
+    }
+
+    return properties;
+}
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