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1994 SESSION
SB 455 Registration of sexual offenders; adults and juveniles.
Introduced by: R. Edward Houck | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Registration of sexual offenders; adults and juveniles. Requires adults, and juveniles tried and convicted in the circuit courts, who have been convicted of specified felony sexual offenses on or after July 1, 1994, or on parole or supervision on that date for specified offenses committed before that date to be registered in a sexual offender registry maintained by the State Police. Persons convicted in other states of substantially similar offenses who move into Virginia are required to register within 30 days of establishing a residence here. All persons required to register must keep the registry up to date with any changes of address or change of name. Knowing failure to register or update the register and knowingly providing materially false information to the registry are punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Clerks are to make the report of conviction, with limited information on the offender and the offense, and any corrections which may thereafter be necessary to the registry within thirty days. The State Police are required to establish regulations governing expungement of records for individuals who have died, been pardoned or whose conviction is reversed. A person may petition the circuit court to have information expunged from the registry provided the offender is no longer a risk to public safety. Such information is to be removed, in any event, after 15 years from the offender's release from confinement or parole.
Sex Offender Registry information may only be disseminated, upon request, to authorized officers and employees of (i) a criminal justice agency, (ii) a public school division, (iii) a private, denominational or parochial school or (iv) a child welfare agency or a small family day-care home. Further dissemination for unauthorized purposes constitutes a Class 1 misdemeanor. A fee not to exceed $15 may be charged by the State Police for releasing information from the Registry.
This bill is recommended by the Commission to Reduce Sexual Assault.
FULL TEXT
- 01/25/94 Senate: Presented and ordered printed pdf
- 02/09/94 Senate: Committee substitute printed LD3394685 (SB455S1) pdf
- 03/08/94 House: Committee substitute printed LD1324685 (SB455H1) pdf
- 03/10/94 House: Floor substitute printed LD9612685 (SB455H2) pdf
- 03/25/94 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB455ER) pdf
- 04/08/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0362) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/25/94 Senate: Presented and ordered printed
- 01/25/94 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/09/94 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/sub. (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/94 Senate: Committee substitute printed LD3394685 (SB455S1)
- 02/10/94 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/94 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/94 Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/94 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/11/94 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to
- 02/11/94 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/11/94 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/94 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/94 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/94 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/94 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/14/94 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/94 House: Read first time
- 02/15/94 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/04/94 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
- 03/08/94 House: Committee substitute printed LD1324685 (SB455H1)
- 03/08/94 House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (17-Y 5-N)
- 03/08/94 House: Read second time
- 03/09/94 House: Read third time
- 03/09/94 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/10/94 House: Read third time
- 03/10/94 House: Committee substitute rejected
- 03/10/94 House: Substitute by Del.Cranwell agreed to
- 03/10/94 House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute
- 03/10/94 House: Passed House with substitute (95-Y 1-N)
- 03/10/94 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 1-N)
- 03/10/94 House: Floor substitute printed LD9612685 (SB455H2)
- 03/10/94 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/10/94 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/94 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/25/94 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB455ER)
- 04/01/94 House: Enrolled
- 04/01/94 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/02/94 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/06/94 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 362 (effective 7/1/94)
- 04/08/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0362)