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Senator · Senate District 62
History
- Referred to correction
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 55–2
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.935
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to correction
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 58–1
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- Ordered to third reading cal.103
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
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Creates a definition of residence under the sex offender registry act
In Assembly Committee · Correction · Sponsor Michael G. Miller
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S2981
Title of bill
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to defining residence under the sex offender registry act
Purpose
This bill would define residency under the sex offender registry act in order to enhance public safety.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Defines residency as any place of abode, domicile or inhabitance where a convicted sex offender spends or intends to spend more than two days a week.
Justification
Currently sex offenders are required to register at their primary residence which leaves a significant loophole that is often exploited. A sex offender can easily register at one residence and yet still spend a significant amount of time at another location. This situation allows a sex offender to essentially register at one address and live somewhere else. Which violates the spirit and intent of the sex offender registry and endangers the public. This legislation seeks to close this loophole in the law by defining residence, and thereby requiring a convicted sex offender to affirmatively comply with the intent of the law in any location that he or she spends more than two days a week.
Prior legislative history
S1194; Referred to Correction S.1073/A.3817 (2013-14); Passed Senate
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately
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