This bill addresses oversight of sex offenders on the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry. This bill: - defines terms; - requires the Department of Public Safety (department) to:create a monitoring program for sex offenders who are unable to provide a required residential address to the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry (registry);establish an automated system for requesting an arrest warrant from a court for a sex offender if the sex offender violates certain registry registration requirements;verify the residential address provided to the registry by a sex offender within a specific time period and, if the department determines that the sex offender does not reside at the provided address, request an arrest warrant from a court; anddevelop and provide an online training program for certain individuals who work with sex offenders; - requires certain entities to coordinate with the department to begin monitoring a sex offender under the monitoring program; - requires a sex offender to comply with the monitoring program; - creates criminal penalties for a sex offender's failure to comply with the monitoring program; - requires a court to consider and, if the court finds probable cause, issue an arrest warrant for a sex offender if the sex offender violates certain registry registration requirements; and - makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 53-10-403, 53-29-302, 53-29-303, 53-29-304, 53-29-305, 53-29-402