CCS HCS SB 758 -- SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION; APPEAL BONDS

This bill makes several changes in the laws governing the sex
offender registry.  The bill:

(1)  Requires convicted sex offenders to register with the chief
law enforcement official of the county in which the sex offender
resides within 10 days of his or her conviction, release from
incarceration, or being placed on probation.  Current law
requires registration within 10 days of coming into any county;

(2)  Requires persons convicted of a sex offense in another state
or under federal jurisdiction since July 1, 1979, to register;

(3)  Requires all sex offenders who are not currently registered
to do so within 10 days of the effective date of the bill;

(4)  Amends the list of crimes requiring registration by adding
felonious restraint and by removing sexual misconduct, except
when the victim is a minor; and

(5)  Authorizes the State Highway Patrol to provide youth service
agencies with the address and offense of registered sex offenders
who apply for employment at these agencies.

The bill also adds statutory rape, sexual assault, forcible
sodomy, statutory sodomy, deviate sexual assault, and sexual
abuse to the list of crimes for which an appeal bond cannot be
granted.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:04 am