SB301 Summary

• Creates five new sex crimes: distributing a private image, sexual extortion, assault with bodily fluids, directing a child to engage in sexual acts, and enhances electronic solicitation of a child penalties.

• Establishes comprehensive sex offender registration requirements including residence notification, employment restrictions, travel permits, and quarterly in-person verification for life or specified periods.

• Defines "reside" based on time spent at locations (4+ hours daily for 3+ consecutive days or 10+ aggregate days monthly) and requires offenders to notify law enforcement of all residences, not just primary addresses.

• Restricts sex offenders from residing within 2,000 feet of schools, childcare facilities, or victims; prohibits employment at child-serving organizations; limits volunteer positions; and establishes community notification procedures varying by population size.

• Expands sex offense registry to include new crimes and allows courts to relieve certain offenders from registration requirements only under specific circumstances (terminal illness, permanent immobility, or non-force age-based offenses with victims 13+ years old and less than 5-year age gap).