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STATE OF WYOMING
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0090
Sex offender registration requirements.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Knapp
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; prohibiting sex
2 offenders from petitioning to be relieved from sex offender
3 registration as specified; and providing for an effective
4 date.
5
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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8 Section 1. W.S. 7-19-304(a)(i) and (ii)(intro) is
9 amended to read:
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11 7-19-304. Termination of duty to register.
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13 (a) The duty to register under W.S. 7-19-302 shall
14 begin on the date of sentencing and continue for the
15 duration of the offender's life, subject to the following:
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1 (i) Except for an offender convicted of a
2 violation of W.S. 6-2-302, 6-2-303, 6-2-314, 6-2-315,
3 6-4-402 or a violation in another jurisdiction containing
4 the same or similar elements as the preceding criminal
5 offenses, an offender specified in W.S. 7-19-302(g) or
6 adjudicated as a delinquent for offenses specified in W.S.
7 7-19-302(j), who has been registered for at least ten (10)
8 years, exclusive of periods of confinement and periods in
9 which the offender was not registered as required by law,
10 may petition the district court for the district in which
11 the offender is registered to be relieved of the duty to
12 continue to register if the offender has maintained a clean
13 record as provided in subsection (d) of this section. Upon
14 a showing that the offender has maintained a clean record
15 as provided in subsection (d) of this section for ten (10)
16 years, the district court may order the offender relieved
17 of the duty to continue registration;
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19 (ii) Except for an offender convicted of a
20 violation of W.S. 6-2-314, 6-2-315 or a violation in
21 another jurisdiction containing the same or similar
22 elements as the preceding criminal offenses, an offender
23 specified in W.S. 7-19-302(h) who has been registered for
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1 at least twenty-five (25) years, exclusive of periods of
2 confinement and periods in which the offender was not
3 registered as required by law, may petition the district
4 court for the district in which the offender is registered
5 to be relieved of the duty to continue to register if the
6 offender has maintained a clean record as provided in
7 subsection (d) of this section. Upon a showing that the
8 offender has maintained a clean record as provided in
9 subsection (d) of this section for twenty-five (25) years,
10 the district court may order the offender relieved of the
11 duty to continue registration; and
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13 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2023.
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15 (END)
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 7-19-304