Introduced
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To prohibit convicted sex offenders from residing, working, or loitering within a “student safety zone,” defined as an area within 1,000 feet of a school.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that provides certain exceptions to the ban.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To clarify that the bill does not apply to old, vacant schools; only apply the ban to those whose crime involved a minor, and eliminate a "grandfather clause" making an exception for a person who works within the proposed zone when the bill goes into effect.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To limit the ban to individuals who are on the sex offenders registry because they committed a felony. This would exempt those on the list for noncoercive "youthful indiscretions".
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To clarify that the ban of covered individuals working in the proposed zone means "continuous an regular emloyment." This would exempt, for example, drivers who have to pass through a zone, repairmen or utility workers called to a job within a zone, etc.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 99 to 7 (details)
To prohibit convicted sex offense felons from residing, working, or loitering within a “student safety zone,” defined as an area within 1,000 feet of a school, with certain exceptions, including those on the sex offence registry for noncoercive "youthful indiscretions".
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that divides its provisions among this bill and Senate Bill 617, and which reflects the revised application of the school safety zone provisions proposed by the House-passed version of Senate Bill 129.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 36 to 0 (details)
To prohibit certain convicted sex offenders on probation from working or loitering within a “student safety zone,” defined as an area within 1,000 feet of a school. Senate Bill 617 bans such offenders from residing near a school.
Passed in the House 102 to 5 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
