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SB 579 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; changes to provisions.
Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. Makes numerous changes to the provisions governing the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. The bill changes the number of classifications of offenders who are required to register under the Registry to match the number of classifications under federal law and redesignates the classifications as Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III offenses. The bill also streamlines the reregistration process, eliminates the need for lower-level offenders to reregister annually, and allows offenders to electronically verify their registration information.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105075D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107056D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 03/12/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB579ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/07/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0829) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105075D
- 01/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/29/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107056D-S1
- 01/31/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/03/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20107056D-S1
- 02/03/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB579S1
- 02/04/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/20 House: Read first time
- 02/18/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/28/20 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/28/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/20 House: Read second time
- 03/05/20 House: Read third time
- 03/05/20 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/12/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB579ER)
- 03/12/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/17/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- 03/17/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/07/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 829 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/07/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0829)