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2008 SESSION

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HB 964 Sex offender registry; penalty for failure to register.

Introduced by: Stephen C. Shannon | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Sex offender registry; penalties.  Provides that any failure to register is a Class 6 felony; under current law failure to register for an offense other than a sexually violent offence or murder is a Class 1 misdemeanor and a second or subsequent conviction is a Class 6 felony. The bill requires the revocation of probation or parole if a person is convicted of failure to register and is on probation or parole for a sex offense or for failure to register. The bill specifies that similar offenses in other countries and states require registration, whether they are under existing or former laws.


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