CHAPTER NUMBER: 754 
File Code: Public Safety
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Stone, Bromwell,
 Colburn, Ferguson, Forehand, Green, Haines, Hughes, Jimeno, Kelley, and
 Middlebrooks
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
 Crimes and Punishments - Crimes Against Children and
 Sex  Offenders -
Registration
 
Establishing procedures for determining if a person is a sexually
violent predator; requiring a supervising authority to send copies of
a registration statement to specified agencies and individuals upon a
convicted offender's release or escape; requiring a registrant to
register with a supervising authority on a specified date; requiring
the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to maintain
a central registry of registrants; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/31
 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
 - 2/5
 - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/21
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
 -      Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/24
 - Third Reading Passed (47-0)
 - 4/6
 - Senate Concur - House Amendments
 -      Third Reading Passed (46-0)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 - 5/22
 - Signed by the Governor Chapter 754
 
House Action
- 3/22
 - First Reading Judiciary
 - 3/25
 - Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/7
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
 - 4/5
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 -      Motion Rules Suspended 2rdgs same day (Delegate Hurson) Adopted (122-3)
 -      Third Reading Passed with Amendments (131-0)
 
- Sponsored by:
 - Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
 - Senator Thomas L. Bromwell, District 8
 - Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
 - Senator Timothy R. Ferguson, District 4
 - Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
 - Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
 - Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
 - Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
 - Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
 - Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
 - Senator C. Edward Middlebrooks, District 32
 
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
 - COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
 - COURT OF APPEALS
 - COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS
 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
 - DISCLOSURE
 - EDUCATION, BOARDS OF
 - EDUCATION -see also- PUBLIC SCHOOLS; SPECIAL ED.; HIGHER ED.
 - FINGERPRINTING
 - LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPT. OF
 - MENTAL HEALTH
 - MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH
 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
 - NOTICES
 - PAROLE AND PROBATION
 - PENALTIES
 - PETITIONS
 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 - RECORDS -see also- RCDNGS; LAND RCDS; VITAL RCDS; CRIM BKGD.
 - REGISTRATION -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
 - REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
 - RULES AND REGULATIONS
 - SALARIES
 - SEXUAL OFFENSES
 - STATE'S ATTORNEYS
 
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
 - Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
 - (
 792 ,
 792 ,
 792 ,
 792 
)
 
- Bill Text:
 -  First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF) 
 - Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF) 
Amendments: 
- Senate
 - Number: 728544/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 21, 1997     at: 12:57
 Status: Adopted         
 - House 
 - Number: 171687/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997      at: 20:32
 Status: Adopted