House Bill #5724 (2017)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION
Requires local law enforcement to share information with local school departments for the purposes of notifying parents of students whose bus stop is within 1000 feet of the residence of level 3 sex offender.
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2017-03-01: Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
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2017-03-10: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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2017-03-10: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/14/2017)
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2017-03-13: Meeting postponed (03/14/2017)
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2017-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2017)
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2017-03-22: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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2017-06-29: Committee recommends passage
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2017-06-29: Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
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2017-06-30: Scheduled for reconsideration (06/30/2017)
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2017-06-30: Committee recommends passage of Sub A
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2017-09-15: Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
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2017-09-19: House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment)
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2017-09-19: Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
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2017-09-19: Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence
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2017-09-25: Transmitted to Governor
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2017-09-28: Signed by Governor
Changes since original draft
2017 – H 5724- 2017 – H 5724 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED
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LC001857- LC001857/SUB A/2
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- S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
- IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
- JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017
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- A N A C T
- RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES – SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND
- COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION
- Introduced By: Representatives Solomon, Jacquard, Vella-Wilkinson, McNamara, and
- O'Brien
- Date Introduced: March 01, 2017
- Referred To: House Judiciary
- It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 11-37.1-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-37.1 entitled "Sexual Offender Registration and Community Notification" is hereby amended to read as follows:- SECTION 1. Section 11-37.1-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-37.1 entitled "Sexual Offender Registration and Community Notification" are hereby amended to read as follows:
- 11-37.1-11. Release of information.
- (a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter or as provided in subsections (b) or (c) of this section, no information obtained under this chapter shall be released or transferred without the written consent of the person or his or her authorized representative.
- (b) No consent for release or transfer of information obtained under this chapter shall be required in the following instances:
- (1) Information may be disclosed to law enforcement agencies for law enforcement purposes;
- (2) Information may be disclosed to government agencies conducting confidential background checks;
- (3) The designated law enforcement agency and any local law enforcement agency authorized by the state agency may release relevant information that is necessary to protect individuals concerning a specific person required to register under this chapter, except that the identity of a victim of an offense that requires registration under this section shall not be released;
- (4) Information may be released or disseminated in accordance with the provisions of § 11-37.1-12; and
- (5) Information shall be disclosed by the local police department to the general public in a city or town for those registered offenders determined to be either a level 2 or level 3 offender as determined consistent with parole board guidelines. ; and
(6) Information shall be disclosed by the local police department to the local school department for those registered offenders determined to be level 3 offenders by the parole board for the purposes of notifying parents of students whose bus stop is within one thousand feet (1,000') of a level 3 sex offender's residence.- (6) Information shall be disclosed by the local police department to the local school department for those registered offenders determined to be level 3 offenders by the parole board for the purposes of notifying parents of students whose school bus stop is within one thousand feet (1,000') of a level 3 sex offender's residence, which distance shall be measured from the nearest boundary line of the real property supporting the residence of the level 3 sex offender to the school bus stop.
- (c) Any local law enforcement agency shall release relevant information collected pursuant to § 11-37.1-3(c) to any campus police agency appointed pursuant to § 16-15-2 or police for private institutions appointed pursuant to § 12-2.1-1 for any person having a duty to register who is enrolled in, employed by or carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education. That agency may release relevant information that is necessary to protect individuals concerning a specific person required to register under this chapter, except that the identity of a victim of an offense that requires registration under this section shall not be released.
- SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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LC001857- LC001857/SUB A/2
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- EXPLANATION
- BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
- OF
- A N A C T
- RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES – SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND
- COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION
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- This act would require local law enforcement to share information with local school departments for the purposes of notifying parents of students whose bus stop is within one thousand feet (1000') of the residence of a level 3 sex offender.
This act would take effect upon passage. ======== LC001857 ========- This act would take effect upon passage. ======== LC001857/SUB A/2 ========
Votes
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Floor vote for PASSAGE
PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT
September 19, 2017 at 8:43pm
Yeas: 61 /
Nays: 0 /
Not voting: 14 /
Recused: 0
Floor vote for PASSAGE
AS AMENDED
September 19, 2017 at 8:43pm
Yeas: 61 /
Nays: 0 /
Not voting: 14 /
Recused: 0