SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY DISCUSSION SEARCH Membership Group Meeting St. Louis, Missouri July 19, 2006

 2006 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 1 FEDERAL SEX OFFENDER LAWS Wetterling Act (1994) – Registration Megan’s Law (1996) – Notification Lychner Act (1996) – National sex offender registry

 2006 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 2 FEDERAL LAWS UPDATED IN ‘O6 HR 4472, The Children’s Safety & Violent Crime Reduction Act of 2006 Tiered classification Registry ID data Residence verification Notification expanded Penalties for non- compliance Failure-to-register punishment National registry Public access DOJ role Grant assistance program Demonstration of monitoring devices

 2006 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 3 FEDERAL LAWS UPDATED IN ‘O6 SB 1086, The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act Similar to House bill except for … Tier structure Registry ID data Duration Re-registration Punishment Registry updates Verification No funding penalties Notification

 2006 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 4 FEDERAL LAWS UPDATED IN ‘O6 Differences in House, Senate bills not yet resolved

 2006 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 5 STATES ALSO ACTIVE IN ‘06 ‘States get tougher with sex offenders’ 14 governors signed sex offender bills 10 bills approved and waiting governor’s signature 8 governors sign bills authorizing GPS use May 23, 2006

 2006 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 6 STATES ALSO ACTIVE IN ‘06 Let’s look at a few …

 2006 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 7 SOR DISCUSSION PANEL Paul Heppner, Deputy Director, Georgia Crime Information Center Brad Truitt, Assistant Director, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Lt. Tom Turner, Assistant Records Officer, Criminal Justice Information Services, Virginia State Police

 2006 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 8 COMMONALITIES Reporting requirements – Usually before release from incarceration or placement on supervision

 2006 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 9 COMMONALITIES Registration information – Can include complete name; aliases; SSN; age; race; DOB; hair & eye color; fingerprints; photograph; residence; employer’s name, address & phone number; vehicle make, description & plate number; driver’s license number.

 2006 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 10 COMMONALITIES Annual re-registration – Photographed & fingerprinted. More frequent re-registration for predators/violent offenders

 2006 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 11 COMMONALITIES Release from registration requirements – Five to 10 years after conviction if complies with all registration requirements. No release for some violent offenders.

 2006 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 12 COMMONALITIES Living restrictions – 500 ft. to 1,000 ft. from schools, school bus stops, day care facilities, places where children congregate.

 2006 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 13 OTHER PROVISIONS Georgia Post SOR list in sheriffs’ offices, any county administration building, municipalities’ main administrative buildings, superior court clerk offices and on the Web Collect annual $250 registration fee

 2006 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 14 OTHER PROVISIONS Tennessee Offender pays up to $100 annual fee to defray monitoring costs Press releases, public service announcements, other appropriate means used to notify offenders of registration requirements

 2006 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 15 OTHER PROVISIONS Virginia Names of accepted college applicants, DL applications/ renewals sent to VSP, matched against SOR Electronic monitoring when crimes against younger victims