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OH HB37
Bill
Status
1/20/2011
Primary Sponsor
Courtney Combs
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AI Summary
HB 37 - Sex Offender Registration and GPS Monitoring Summary
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Requires sex offenders and child-victim offenders without fixed residence addresses to provide detailed descriptions of intended staying places during initial registration and any subsequent address changes.
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Mandates active GPS monitoring for Tier III sex offenders/child-victim offenders, sexual predators, child-victim predators, and certain other specified categories who lack fixed residences until they obtain a fixed address.
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Establishes that offenders or delinquent children without fixed addresses must notify sheriffs of detailed locations where they intend to stay, with those descriptions treated as registered residence addresses.
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Requires offenders to pay full GPS monitoring costs unless they file an indigency affidavit; counties must cover costs for individuals unable to pay.
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Allows courts to issue orders subjecting offenders not in automatic monitoring categories to GPS monitoring requirements if convicted of certain sexually oriented or child-victim oriented offenses.
Legislative Description
To require that a registrant under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law who does not have a fixed residence address provide a detailed description of the places at which the registrant intends to stay upon initial registration and, if the registrant is a Tier III registrant, a predator, or in another specified category, be monitored by an active global positioning system device until the registrant acquires a fixed residence address.
Homeless sex offenders-registration/GPS monitoring if Tier III/predator
Last Action
To Criminal Justice
1/20/2011