HB 84 -- Sex Offenders

Co-Sponsors:  Ward, Sager

This bill prohibits individuals who have pled guilty to or been
found guilty of specified offenses involving invasion of privacy,
child pornography, endangering the welfare of a child, incest, or
sexual exploitation of a child from establishing a residence
within 1,000 feet of a public school or child care facility.  The
first violation of this section is a class D felony; a second or
subsequent offense is a class B felony.

If a public school or child care facility is subsequently built
within 1,000 feet of a specified individual's residence, the
individual must notify the sheriff within one week of the opening
of the school or facility and provide verification that the
individual lived there prior to the opening of the school or
facility.  Failure to notify is a class A misdemeanor; a second
or subsequent offense is a class D felony.

Missouri House of Representatives
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