BILL NUMBER: S2337
SPONSOR: ORTT
 
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 inhabi-
tance 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 resi-
dence 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::
S.864 of 2023-2024; Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
S. 3611 of 2021-2022; Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
S. 676 of 2019-2020; Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
S.399 of 2017-2018; Passed Senate S.1073/A.3817 (2013-14); Passed Senate
S. 2981 of 2015/2016; Passed Senate
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS::
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE::
This act shall take effect immediately

Statutes affected:
S2337: 168-a correction law