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History
- Referred to correction
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 55–2
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1158
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to correction
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–2
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- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.977
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
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Increases the in-person appearance requirements for level two sex offenders
In Assembly Committee · Correction · Sponsor Joseph Lentol
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4994
Title of bill
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to in-person appearance requirements for level two sex offenders
Purpose
Increases the in-person appearance requirements for level two sex offenders.
Summary of provisions
The correction law is amended by adding section 2 of part O of chapter 56.
Justification
Sex offenders must register with law enforcement by mail on a yearly basis, but level three offenders must also appear in person at the law enforcement agency each year with a current photograph. Level two offenders, however, must only appear in person and submit such a photograph every three years. Because level two offenders have also committed serious offenses and because it is equally important that law enforcement be secure in the knowledge that they are located at the address given on the mail-in form and that their appearance has not significantly changed, it is important to require level two offenders to appear in person every year. A yearly visit is not an onerous burden for the offender, and it is an important safety measure for society to know that a current photograph of offenders is on record with law enforcement.
Legislative history
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Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall become a law.
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