This bill addresses oversight of sex offenders on the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- requires local law enforcement agencies to have specific responsibilities for certain sex offenders;
- revises definitions concerning a residence for purposes of the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry (registry);
- 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 registry;delegate monitoring oversight responsibility to a local law enforcement agency or to the Division of Adult Probation and Parole; establish a process for a local law enforcement agency or the Division of Adult Probation and Parole to be notified of the need for an arrest warrant for certain sex offenders; anddevelop and provide an online training program for certain individuals who work with sex offenders;
- requires specific entities to coordinate with the department regarding the monitoring of, or seeking an arrest warrant for, certain sex offenders;
- 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 certain sex offenders;
- requires the Division of Adult Probation and Parole to have specific responsibilities for certain sex offenders;
- provides a presumption for the issuance of an arrest warrant in lieu of a summons for certain sex offenders; 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
Enrolled: 17-72-301, 53-10-403, 53-29-101, 53-29-301, 53-29-302, 53-29-303, 53-29-304, 53-29-305, 53-29-402, 64-14-203, 77-7-5
Amended 3/3/2026 18:03:382: 17-72-301, 53-10-403, 53-29-101, 53-29-301, 53-29-302, 53-29-303, 53-29-304, 53-29-305, 53-29-402, 64-14-203, 77-7-5
Amended Excerpts 3/3/2026 18:03:382: 53-29-305.
Substitute #1: 17-72-301, 53-10-403, 53-29-101, 53-29-301, 53-29-302, 53-29-303, 53-29-304, 53-29-305, 53-29-402, 64-14-203, 77-7-5