2024 24LSO-0288
STATE OF WYOMING
SENATE FILE NO. SF0031
Sex offender registration-promoting obscenity.
Sponsored by: Joint Judiciary Interim Committee
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; specifying offenses
2 of promoting obscenity as offenses for which convicted
3 offenders shall register as a sex offender; and providing
4 for an effective date.
5
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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8 Section 1. W.S. 7-19-302(h) is amended to read:
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10 7-19-302. Registration of offenders; procedure;
11 verification; fees.
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13 (h) For an offender convicted of a violation of W.S.
14 6-2-304(a)(iii) if the victim was at least fourteen (14)
15 years of age, W.S. 6-2-314(a)(ii) and (iii), 6-2-315(a)(i)
16 and (iii), W.S. 6-2-315(a)(iv) if the victim was thirteen
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1 (13) through fifteen (15) years of age, W.S. 6-2-317(a)(i)
2 and (ii) or 6-2-318, W.S. 6-4-102 if the person solicited
3 was a minor, W.S. 6-4-103 if the person enticed or
4 compelled was a minor, W.S. 6-4-302(a)(i) if the offense
5 involves the use of a minor in a sexual performance, W.S.
6 6-4-302(a)(iii) if the obscene material was knowingly
7 disseminated to a minor or W.S. 6-4-303(b)(i) through
8 (iii), 18 U.S.C. ยง 2251, an offense in another jurisdiction
9 containing the same or similar elements, or arising out of
10 the same or similar facts or circumstances as a criminal
11 offense specified in this subsection, an attempt or
12 conspiracy to commit any of the offenses specified in this
13 subsection, or any offense enumerated in subsection (g) of
14 this section if the offender was previously convicted of
15 any offense enumerated in subsection (g) of this section,
16 the division shall verify the accuracy of the offender's
17 registered address, and the offender shall report, in
18 person, his current address to the sheriff in the county in
19 which the offender resides, every six (6) months after the
20 date of the initial release or commencement of parole. If
21 the offender's appearance has changed substantially, and in
22 any case at least annually, the sheriff shall photograph
23 the offender. Confirmation of the in-person verification
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1 required by this subsection, and any new photographs of the
2 offender, shall be transmitted by the sheriff to the
3 division within three (3) working days. Any person under
4 this subsection who has not established a residence or is
5 transient, and who is reporting to the sheriff as required
6 under subsection (e) of this section, shall be deemed in
7 compliance with the address verification requirements of
8 this section.
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10 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2024.
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12 (END)
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Statutes affected: Introduced: 7-19-302