Senate Bill 2032 Summary

• Expands the definition of registrable sex offenses to include sexual abuse of vulnerable adults, procuring sexual servitude of a minor, obscene electronic communications, filming without consent, and sexual activity by law enforcement or correctional personnel with prisoners.

• Requires sex offenders to register if they reside, work, or attend school in Mississippi, and mandates reporting of employment status, vehicle information, online identities, professional licenses, passport information, and all telephone numbers.

• Establishes a three-tier classification system: Tier One (15-year registration minimum) for offenses like dissemination of sexually oriented material to children; Tier Two (25-year minimum) for exploitation of children and certain other offenses; Tier Three (lifetime registration) for rape, sexual battery, kidnapping of minors, and other serious offenses.

• Requires offenders to personally appear at Department of Public Safety Driver's License stations within three business days of registration and every 90 days for reregistration, with failure to comply constituting a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

• Mandates the Department of Public Safety maintain a public internet registry and immediately notify sheriffs, schools, prosecutors, child welfare agencies, and probation officers of sex offender registrations and address changes; creates new registration requirements for offenders in emergency shelters during natural disasters.