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IN SB0258
Bill
AI Summary
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Courts may prohibit sexually violent predators or offenders against children from having any contact, or unsupervised contact, with persons under 16 years of age as a condition of probation, including with their own children or stepchildren if in the child's best interests.
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Courts must inform offenders against children of residency restrictions prohibiting them from living within 1,000 feet of school property, youth program centers, public parks, or licensed day care centers, or within 1 mile of their victim's residence.
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Offenders against children are prohibited from residing in any residence where child care services are provided.
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Sexually violent predators and offenders against children are prohibited from working (paid or volunteer) as or for child care providers, as providers of respite care or support services for caregivers, or as providers of adult day care services—a Level 6 felony elevated to Level 5 for repeat offenders.
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Effective date: July 1, 2019.
Legislative Description
Sex offender employment and residence. Allows a court to prohibit, as a condition of probation, a sexually violent predator or an offender against children from having: (1) unsupervised contact; or (2) contact; with a child less than 16 years of age. Requires that as a condition of probation, a court shall inform an offender against children of the restrictions on an offender against children residing near: (1) school property; (2) a youth program center; (3) a public park; or (4) the residence of the victim of the offender's sex offense. Prohibits a sexually violent predator or an offender against children from working: (1) as or for a child care provider; (2) as a provider of respite care services and other support services for primary or family caregivers; or (3) as a provider of adult day care services. Prohibits an offender against children from residing in a residence where a person provides child care services, or within 1,000 feet of a licensed day care center.
Last Action
Public Law 220
5/5/2019