California's Prop 35 will turn consenting adults into sex offenders, then force them to register internet passwords

Californians voted in favor of Prop 35, a silly bill that is intended to punish "sex traffickers." Problem is, by sex traffickers, we generally mean consensual adults engaging in sexual activity in exchange for financial compensation. In other words, prostitution. So those busted in prostitution will be forced to register as sex offenders. Then they'll be forced to turn over their internet names as well, violating anonymous free speech provisions.

California rejected Prop 34, which would have saved taxpayers millions by commuting death penalty offenders to life w/o parole, yet they pass Prop 35, spending millions to turn consenting adults into dangerous "sex traffickers." And dumb Californians wonder why they are billions in debt.

Here is a site that explains why Prop 35 is such a bad idea: http://againstthecaseact.com/

Oswego, NY city council bans registrants from driving taxis, drives us crazy

Well, at least we know what kind of movies the Oswego, NY city council watch in their spare time.

http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/Oswego-bans-felons-sex-offenders-from-being/nMfMnQnWqEyj6D0S3oiA0Q.cspx


Oswego bans felons, sex offenders from being cabbies



Oswego (WSYR-TV) -- Convicted felons and sex offenders will no longer be allowed to drive a cab in the city of Oswego. City Council voted unanimously Monday on a law requiring cab drivers to get a background check before getting their license

If city police find you’ve been convicted of a felony in the last ten years or you’re a registered sex offender your license will be denied.

“There’s nine [felons or sex offenders], we’re told, that are in the city of Oswego that are driving taxi cabs. We’ve got an obligation to protect the public interest,” said Oswego City Councilor Michael Todd.

Before the vote, opponents pleaded their case one last time, saying council was being overzealous and should reconsider.

“What the council is proposing infringes on constitutional rights of others by discriminating against persons with previous criminal convictions,” said Christine Savage.

Founder and CEO of Workforce Advocacy Center Jeremy Zielinski has threatened legal action.

“I can give you 100 percent assurance it will not survive a judicial review,” he said. “Article 23 of the correction law prohibits blanket bans, blanket policies, which forbid ex-offenders from receiving licenses or employment.”

“I can’t think of a law that goes into effect that somebody doesn’t file a lawsuit against. So, that’s what we’ve got the State Supreme Court and the Appellate Division for. If they chose to go that route, so be it,” Todd said.

Council member say this law is just part of the overall effort to clean up the city and make it a safer place. The law will go into effect once the mayor signs it, which he’s expected to do soon. Cab companies will then have a two week grace period to get background checks for their current employees.

PA Lawmakers want people convicted of sex crimes against minors to forfeit public pensions

This is a bad idea because it will actually decrease reporting of sex crimes and ensure MORE cover-ups.

http://www.ydr.com/politics/ci_21001521/lawmakers-want-people-convicted-sex-crimes-against-minors


Lawmakers want people convicted of sex crimes against minors to forfeit public pensions

A York County lawmaker is pushing for changes to state law that would take away former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's pension.
By ED MAHON 
Daily Record/Sunday News
Updated:   07/04/2012 07:05:18 AM EDT



York, PA - State Rep. Eugene DePasquale, D-West Manchester Township, is pushing for changes to state law that would take away the state pension for former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, as well as for others convicted of sex crimes against minors.
"I just find that outrageous," DePasquale said. "...We've got to find a way to make sure that he is not eligible for that pension. It is an absolute abuse of the public trust."
DePasquale said his planned legislation would apply retroactively, beginning June 1. But he acknowledged that there may be challenges to such a move.
"While I know many are concerned about the constitutionality of a retroactive change to pension laws, I feel that Mr. Sandusky should not be rewarded with a public pension, paid for by the good citizens of this Commonwealth, after committing such heinous crimes," DePasquale wrote in a memo last week, where he asked fellow members of the state House of Representatives to co-sponsor his planned legislation.
He said in the memo that, under current Pennsylvania law, public officials and public employees who are convicted -- or plead guilty or no contest -- to crimes related to their jobs lose their pension rights.
DePasquale said this week that if Sandusky was a public school teacher who abused a student "you could easily take away his pension."
And although DePasquale said he hopes the pension board does find an existing criteria to strip Sandusky's $58,898 annual pension, it appears the board may not be able to, because the children Sandusky was convicted of abusing weren't his students.
DePasquale's planned legislation would guarantee that a state pension would be taken away from anyone convicted of a sex crime involving a minor.
DePasquale said he hopes lawmakers will take action in the fall on his planned legislation to expand the criteria.
Other lawmakers have proposed changes to the state's pension forfeiture law during the past year.
In October, before Sandusky's arrest, state Sen. Larry Farnese, a Democrat from Philadelphia, introduced legislation that would stop state and municipal workers convicted of sex crimes against minors from collecting public pensions.
After Sandusky was charged, state Sen. Pat Vance, R-Camp Hill, introduced legislation that would expand the pension forfeiture criteria to include people convicted of an "infamous crime" -- which she has said the courts have ruled to mean felonies.
She said that's already a threshold for judges.
"It certainly makes sense to me to have it all the same," Vance said.
Her legislation, Senate Bill 1408, was referred to the Senate finance committee in the winter, but it hasn't been voted out. She said she believes that if her law is passed before a person's sentencing, then the changes would apply.
State Sen. Mike Waugh, R- Shrewsbury Township, is one of the co-sponsors on Vance's legislation.
"Just in principle ... I believe that if an individual is convicted of a felonious crime ... there's a penalty that you pay, and this is part of it," Waugh said.
Auditor general opponent
State Rep. John Maher -- a Republican from Allegheny County who is running against state Rep. Eugene DePasquale, D-West Manchester Township, in the state auditor general race -- said if he was on the pension board, he would vote to revoke Jerry Sandusky's pension.
"He was a public official when the first assaults occurred," Maher said. "He was using his official capacity to exploit and assault these children. And, in my mind, that is public corruption."
But Maher acknowledged that that argument "would require a rather broad reading of existing law."

Sex offenders prohibited from Harrisburg, Eldorado bike paths

I'm a bit confused by the media article, the reporter says it is an outright ban but the senator he interviewed says it is an anti-loitering law. One of them is lying. Here is what the bill actually says:


(b) It is unlawful for a sexual predator or a child sex
offender to knowingly be present in any public park building or
on real property comprising any public park.
(c) It is unlawful for a sexual predator or a child sex
offender to knowingly loiter on a public way within 500 feet of
a public park building or real property comprising any public
park. For the purposes of this subsection (c), the 500 feet
distance shall be measured from the edge of the property
comprising the public park building or the real property
comprising the public park.

Got it? Senator is full of Shiitake. Now tell me you really believe pols read what they pass. They don't.

http://www.dailyregister.com/news/x1990296122/Sex-offenders-prohibited-from-Harrisburg-Eldorado-bike-paths


Sex offenders prohibited from Harrisburg, Eldorado bike paths
By Jon Musgrave
Daily Register/Daily Journal
Posted Jul 10, 2012 @ 12:49 PM


Bike trails in Harrisburg and Eldorado are now designated as off-limits to
persons on the Illinois Sex Offender Registry thanks to a new law, Senate Bill 3258, passed this
spring and signed by the governor June 22.
Previously , Illinois law designated public parks such as Harrisburg Township Park or state
facilities such as the Tunnel Hill Bike Trail off-limits to sex offenders, but remained vague on the
status of municipal bike trails.
The new law clarifies that among a number of other technical changes.
All of Southern Illinois lawmakers supported the measures.
"We can never do enough to protect our children from the threats posed by sex offenders,"
stressed state Rep. John Bradley , D-Marion, last week. "This new law will effectively ensure that
all registered child sex offenders will be prohibited from loitering around public park bike trails."
Most of the changes in the law updated and clarified technical inconsistencies between the
state's sex offender laws and the requirements of the Illinois Sex Offender Registry which can be
found on the Illinois State Police's website at http://www.isp.state.il.us/sor.
The new law adds the following offenses against minors to the Illinois Criminal Code: forcible
detention; custodial sexual misconduct; sexual misconduct with a person with a disability ;
promoting prostitution; grooming, traveling to meet a minor; and permitting sexual abuse of a
child.
Musgrave receives e-mail at jmusgrave@dailyregist

Louisiana: If at first you don't succeed

If at first you don't succeed, pass a new law. Jindal reinstates the RSO FB ban under a new guise. Pay CLOSE attention to what is said.

http://www.ksla.com/story/18818685/new-law-for-sex-offenders-on-facebook



New LA law requires sex offender status on Facebook


Posted: Jun 18, 2012 6:16 PM EDT
Updated: June 19, 2012 03:24 AM CDT
By Fred Childers - bio | email

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) -
Registered sex offenders in Louisiana now have to share their sex offender status on social website like Facebook. 


The author of the bill is Representative Jeff Thompson from Bossier City.


He says it's designed to create more accountability for the people who come into your home through your computer.


This law is the latest attempt by legislators to crack down on child sex predators online. But prosecutors say it's purpose is not to prevent those sex crimes, but to prosecute those who commit them and fail to register.


"This is one of those deals that requires a person to say their a sex offender on Facebook, so what can we do if they don't? Same thing we do if they don't have their sex offender id car, we arrest them and prosecute them for it," said Caddo Assistant DA, Hugo Holland.


Holland says Thompson consulted with the DA's Office while crafting the bill, and the DA's Office through offered support. 


A law that prohibited sex offenders from using social websites completely was recently struck down by the courts and deemed unconstitutional. Thompson believes his legislation can easily stand up to constitutional scrutiny because it's only requiring those who already register to share that information on social websites.

New Jersey wants to be the next Miami- Julia Tuttle colony

Here is the backstory-- A few years ago, New Jersey Supreme Court struck down a number of local residency law ordinances as unconstitutional. So now the idiots at Jersey Shore (the legislature, not the reality show) want to pull a Miami and pass 2500 foot residency restrictions. Maybe New Jersey has geographical penis envy? They should look at Iowa instead.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/159001495_Town_wants_tougher_residency_restrictions_for_sex_offenders_.html


West Milford’s town council backs proposed bill that would restore residency restrictions for convicted sex offenders


THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2012
BY DAVID M. ZIMMER
STAFF WRITER
SUBURBAN TRENDS
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Township officials are backing proposed state legislation that would restore a local law deemed illegal by the state Supreme Court in 2009.


The legislation, state Senate Bill 380 (S380), would make it illegal for convicted sex offenders with a high risk of re-offense to reside within 2,500 feet of an elementary or secondary school, playground, or child care center. Modeled after legislation recently enacted by the State of Florida, S380 was named for Jessica Lunsford, a 9-year-old Florida resident who was sexually assaulted and murdered by a convicted sex offender in 2005.


West Milford officials adopted municipal ordinance 2005-021 later that year. The local law restricted convicted sex offenders (who are four times more likely to be arrested for a new sex crime than released non-sex offenders, according to the federal Bureau of Justice) from residing within 2,500 feet of any school, park, playground, or day-care center in the 80.4-square-mile exurban community until it was repealed begrudgingly by township representatives in the fall of 2009.


Months earlier, in May 2009, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that state municipalities cannot restrict convicted sex offenders' residency rights by barring them from living near libraries, parks, playgrounds, day-care centers, and schools.


As noted by Mayor Bettina Bieri, the state is now just one of eight without residency restrictions for registered sex offenders. Bieri said she is in full support of state legislators crossing New Jersey off that list. Eight registered sex offenders have West Milford addresses, according to the New Jersey State Police database.


While some representatives wanted to keep ordinance 2005-021 on the books in 2009, the threat of potential lawsuits and the loss of liability insurance coverage ultimately led to the ordinance's elimination. Township officials initially refused to support proposed legislation that would create new residency proximity standards for convicted sex offenders, claiming the 500-foot restriction for sex offenders more than 21 years old was too permissive. The council had inquired about drafting its own proposed legislation to deal with its objections. However, Township Attorney Fred Semrau recommended allowing state representatives to take the lead given the legal intricacies and potential expense involved.


In addition to the 2,500-foot limit that has exemptions for those residing in correctional institutions, mental health facilities, or existing residences prior to the construction of a school, playground, or child care center, S380 would increase penalties for harboring or concealing a sex offender and committing sex crimes against minors. The latter would include the requirement to be electronically monitored by the state via global positioning system technology.


Email: zimmer@northjersey.com

I shudder to think what the NJ Bookville will look like.

Exorcist Jindal to exorcise registered citizens from public libraries

So not only will Jindal ban all registrants from using libraries, he's adding them to the list of places registrants can't even travel within 1000 feet. Next up, separate water fountains.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/05/sex_offenders_barred_from_libr.html


Baton Rouge -- The Louisiana Legislature has given final approval to a measure that would add public libraries and the surrounding 1,000 feet to the list of areas that convicted sex offenders cannot go unless granted specific exceptions. Senate Bill 753 by Dale Erdey, R-Livingston, now goes to Gov. Bobby Jindal for his certain signature.


State law already restricts convicted sex offenders from going near schools, playgrounds and other facilities frequented by children. Erdey said libraries should be added for consistency. The bill set Jan, 1, 2013, as the deadline for governing authorities of public libraries to develop specific guidelines for the law, including any exceptions. The sponsor accepted an amendment along the way to clarify that the law would not apply to sex offenders who are using another police station or courthouse to comply with separate state law requiring them to register on a public database. Erdey said in some Louisiana towns, the law enforcement agency handling the registry is located within 1,000 feet of the public library.

Connecticut to make "gunning an officer" a registerable offense

A Connecticut Yankee on the sex offender registry

If you never heard the term "gunning an officer," it is prison slang for masturbating while staring at an officer (or sometimes in plain sight of an officer though that's rare). It is one of those gross things people in prison must put up with but as an ex-con I can assure you I'd rather they flog their bishops while staring at Officer Jane Doe than poking some dude in the shower. After all, prisons quit conjugal visits years ago and the need for sex doesn't go away with a prison sentence.

Connecticut is not a state that tends to make waves with crazy sex offender laws, but this year, they decided to change that by finding a new way to increase their registry coffers by adding inmates caught masturbating in prison to the public sex offender registry. Honestly, why do we need this?

Well it could be worse. Your name could be OFFICER PETER GUNNING. Some stuff you can't make this crap up.

Can't get much worse than that.

http://www.westport-news.com/news/article/State-prison-officials-want-new-sex-crime-for-3517653.php


State prison officials want new sex crime for inmates
Associated Press
Published 07:43 a.m., Saturday, April 28, 2012
  
HARTFORD -- Connecticut prison officials are asking for a new law that would label inmates who commit lewd acts in their cells as sex offenders.


Department officials say it's an ongoing problem at prisons such as the high security Northern Correctional Institution, where some inmates purposefully masturbate in front of staff, often female guards, counselors or other prison workers.


"If they were on the outside and they did something like this, they would be arrested and held accountable as a sex offender," said Brian Garnett, a department spokesman. "And frankly, the same thing should hold true on the inside." Lisamarie Fontano, president of AFSCME Local 387, which represents prison workers, says about 500 such instances were written up at Northern last year. She said the problem involves a relatively small group of inmates, and has very little to do with sex.


"It's about power," she said. "If you can demoralize somebody, and some of the acts that women have described to me are absolutely horrific, then by all means the inmates feel more powerful over them." The legislation would make public indecency in a correctional institution a class D felony, punishable by up to five years in prison, a sentence that would be mandated to be tacked on to any current sentence. It also would designate the convict as a sex offender.


The bill would only apply to inmates who are deemed to be targeting staff with their activity, and would not be used when someone inadvertently walks in on an inmate in a private moment, Garnett said.


Garnett said it has proven difficult to charge inmates under current sexual assault statutes for behavior that happens in their cells.


Fontano said internal discipline hasn't deterred the behavior, but she believes inmates will stop if they know they will be labeled as a sex offender when they leave prison.


"This would be something that would be with them for the rest of their lives," she said. "This isn't something where you lose commissary privileges within the walls of the facility. Typically, a male prisoner does not want to be labeled as a sex offender." The bill has passed out of committee and is awaiting action by the full Legislature, which adjourns on May 9.


The move to pass legislation comes at the same time that the department is removing all pornography, material that contains "pictorial depictions of sexual activity or nudity," from the prisons. Inmates were given a year to get rid of all their porn and the total ban takes effect in July.


The ban is intended to improve the work environment for prison staffers who might be inadvertently exposed to the material.


Garnett said the two issues are not related, but said both are expected to have a positive impact on the work environment in the prisons "Our first responsibility is protection of the public and our second is protection of our staff," Garnett said. "That is always foremost in our mind and these are examples of what we are trying to do at this point in time."

Illinois makes participating in any holiday activities involving kids a crime

America see Predators everywhere

When I read a news media article on this bill, I thought it was just another silly Halloweenitis law barring registered citizens from wearing costumes. But this bill goes beyond that, adding a vague prohibition against "participat[ing] in a holiday event involving children under 18 years of age". This bill has a great potential for abuse, since the law is not limited to a certain list of prohibited activities.

Santa Clause: Sexual Predator or Big Brother Government Agent?
My money's on the latter.

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=3579&GAID=11&GA=97&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=65419&SessionID=84


Synopsis As Introduced

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is Class 4 felony for a child sex offender to participate in a holiday event involving children under 18 years of age, such as distributing candy or other items to children on Halloween, wearing a Santa Claus costume on or preceding Christmas, being employed as a department store Santa Claus, or wearing an Easter Bunny costume on or preceding Easter. Exempts from a violation where (1) the sex offense conviction which brought the person into the child sex offender category was criminal sexual abuse in which the victim was at least 13 years of age but under 17 years of age and the offender was less than 5 years older than the victim; or (2) the child sex offender is a parent or guardian of children under 18 years of age that are present in the home and no non-familial minors are present.

Operation Retard: Louisiana to pass bill banning RSOs from driving tow trucks

This just sounds perverted.

What is the reasoning behind this law? I think Bobby "The Exorcist" Jindal doesn't want his car impounded after passing an increasing number of dumb laws against registrants.

http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20120403/WIRE/120409907/1223?Title=Bill-seeks-to-ban-La-sex-offenders-from-driving-tow-trucks&tc=ar


Bill seeks to ban La. sex offenders from driving tow trucks


The Associated Press
Published: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 5:30 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 5:30 p.m.
Convicted sex offenders would be banned from driving tow trucks in Louisiana under a bill backed in a 94-0 vote today by the state House.


Rep. Cameron Henry, R-Metairie, said the prohibition was sought by the Louisiana State Police. His bill would prohibit the issuance of a tow truck license plate to anyone convicted of a felony related to vehicle theft or to anyone required to register as a sex offender. The proposal heads to the Senate.

Read Louisiana House Bill 839 text HERE.

Virtual Predator Panic: NY Atty Gen wants to ban RSOs from Online Games

Any good sex offender video game would
have The Gropinator as a playable character.

Lets go down the checklist. Isolated incident? Check. Insane level of panic? Check. Novel feel-good law that will get some dipshit re-elected but doesn't prevent anything? Check. Question, If I approach EA to make a Sims sex offender expansion pack, would I be allowed to play online? Just a thought.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/04/05/new-york-city-attorney-general-annouces-sweeping-purge-of-sex-offenders-from-online-games/


New York State Attorney General Announces Purge of Sex Offenders From Online Games

New York State[/entity] Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a sweeping purge of registered sex offenders from online worlds Thursday. In what’s being called Operation: Game Over, his office is cooperating with entertainment giants Microsoft, Disney, Apple, Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Warner Bros. and Sony.


“We must ensure online video game systems do not become a digital playground for dangerous predators. That means doing everything possible to block sex offenders from using gaming networks as a vehicle to prey on underage victims,” said Schneiderman in a statement. “I applaud all the companies participating in this first-of-its-kind initiative for taking online safety seriously and purging their networks of sex offenders. Together we are making the online community safer for our children, not allowing it to become a 21st century crime scene.”


Predation can be a serious problem in online games, and stories where pedophiles have used Xbox Live or games like World of Warcraft to meet children come up with alarming regularity. Making these spaces safer will be a difficult task, but Schneiderman’s office has assembled an impressive coalition of major entertainment companies for the project.


“Our partnership with the Office of the New York Attorney General helps further this cause. By leveraging the online identity information all registered sex offenders are required to provide, we are able to help reduce potentially harmful situations,” said Microsoft Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. “We’re supportive of Attorney General Schneiderman’s efforts to make the Internet, including online gaming environments like Xbox LIVE, safer for everyone.”


New York State requires sex offenders to register their email addresses and other online identifiers. Operation: Game Over has purged 3,850 accounts of New York State registered sex offenders, though hey could be using other aliases to interact online. Expanding the program with other states’ cooperation would extend its reach, as well.

No money? No problem! pay your fees at a buck per slave hour

Illinois has a proposition for all you out-of-work registrants who can't afford that hundred buck per year registry fee. Just work for the state at a measly one dollar per hour. That's right, if you don't have a Benjamin to swear fealty to registry overlords, you can work off your debt by working 100 hours of community service. A hundred bucks or a hundred hours. Do the math, Illin'-noise:

http://news.ilhousegop.org/2012/03/rep-hammond-passes-legislation-allowing-community-service-if-sex-offenders-can-not-pay-annual-registration-fee/


Rep. Hammond Passes Legislation Allowing Community Service if Sex Offenders Can Not Pay Annual Registration Fee


Springfield, IL…On Wednesday, State Representative Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) passed legislation out of the Illinois House that will allow indigent sex offenders, who can not afford to pay the $100 dollar registration and annual renewal fees, to instead perform 100 hours of community service.


“This idea was brought to me by the Sheriffs Association who noticed that sex offenders were frequently claiming they were indigent in order to avoid having to pay the required registration fee,” Rep. Hammond said.  “Because so many continued to have their fees waived, there was no money available to support the sex offender database and registration system.  By requiring 100 hours of community service as an alternative, the thought is that many more offenders will be willing to pay the annual fees.”


House Bill 4670 will allow sex offenders, who claim indigence in order to avoid registration fees, to complete 100 hours of community service within 90 days of their required registration date, if community service is available in the area.  Currently, sex offenders are required to pay a $100 initial registration fee and $100 for each annual registration.  If they can not afford to pay the entire amount at once, a payment plan can be established.


“I am hopeful that this alternative will increase the incentive for sex offenders to pay the fees.  Instead of simply being able to claim indigence and not having to face the penalties, they will now have a choice to do 100 hours of community service or pay the fine.  I think a number of these folks will choose to pay the fee,” said Rep. Hammond.


House Bill 4670 passed the Illinois House and now heads to the Senate for further consideration.

Here is Norine Hammond's info:

Representative Norine Hammond (R)
94th District

Springfield Office: 213-N Stratton Office Building Springfield, IL   62706 (217) 782-0416 (217) 557-4530 FAX District Office: 331 N. Lafayette Street P.O. Box 170 Macomb, IL  61455 (309) 836-2707 (309) 836-2231 FAX McDonough County

Email: rephammond@macomb.com

Years served: December 2010 - Present

Missouri wants to add class discrimination to the state constitution

Of all the dumb bills read every year, this one takes the cake, as Missouri is adding a class exclusion to their state constitution, allowing retroactive punishment of registrants and no one else. I guess some people are more equal than others in this country.

http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills121/biltxt/intro/HJR0083I.htm

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 83

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE S KELLEY (126) (Sponsor), SCHAD, HAEFNER, BRATTIN, GATSCHENBERGER, HOUGHTON, GUERNSEY, FUNDERBURK, COX, FISHER, LAIR, McNARY, STREAM, THOMSON, DAY, HOSKINS, ENTLICHER, WHITE, DAVIS, WETER, KEENEY, ROWLAND, JONES (89), FRANZ, DIEHL, HUMMEL, HARRIS, PACE, WEBB, FALLERT, CASEY, NICHOLS, BROWN (85), LONG, REDMON, PARKINSON, FREDERICK, JOHNSON, RICHARDSON, HAMPTON, BERNSKOETTER, CONWAY (14), REIBOLDT, SOLON, WIELAND, GOSEN, LANT, PIERSON, BURLISON, BAHR, BLACK, FITZWATER, SMITH (150), SCHOELLER, BROWN (116), HIGDON, WRIGHT, NANCE, RIDDLE, ELMER, LASATER, LARGENT, MOLENDORP, McCREERY, BROWN (50), McGHEE, McCANN BEATTY, McNEIL, LAMPE, STILL, ZERR, BERRY, JONES (63), MAY, HUBBARD, COLONA, QUINN, SHIVELY, HODGES, SMITH (71), LOEHNER, GRISAMORE, DIECKHAUS, SILVEY, KLIPPENSTEIN, FLANIGAN, NOLTE, ASBURY, SCHATZ, SCHIEFFER, HUGHES, ANDERS, ELLINGER, CROSS, SATER, WALLINGFORD, McGEOGHEGAN, SCHIEBER, LEACH, McCAHERTY, SOMMER, ALLEN, LAUER, COOKSON, NASHEED, HOLSMAN, TORPEY, RIZZO, MONTECILLO, FRAKER, MORGAN, BRANDOM AND TILLEY (Co-sponsors) .

6036L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

 

JOINT RESOLUTION

Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment repealing section 13 of article I of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof relating to laws retrospective in operation.


Be it resolved by the House of Representative s, the Senate concurring therein:

            That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2012, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following amendment to article I of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:

            Section A. Section 13, article I, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 13, to read as follows:

            Section 13. That no ex post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts, or retrospective in its operation, or making any irrevocable grant of special privileges or immunities, can be enacted; however, a law may be retrospective in its operation with respect to a new obligation, duty, or disability imposed upon sex offenders.
If you are in Missouri you better start writing these reps and tell them just how you feel about it. 


http://www.moga.mo.gov/ 

Schad, Rodney, Chair
Marshall, Nick, Vice Chair
Cierpiot, Mike
Colona, Mike
Conway, Kathie
Ellington, Brandon
Fuhr, Gary
Higdon, Galen
Hinson, Dave
Lasater, Brent
McGeoghegan, Eileen
Pace, Sharon
Phillips, Don
Reiboldt, Bill
Walton Gray, Rochelle

Tennessee HB3398 Forfeiture law turns registrants into profits

Civil forfeiture laws were originally devised to separate criminals from the fruits of their crimes, usually dope boys, but this growing and disturbing trend in the USA is being used in increasingly scary ways. The Tennessee HB3398 is your average civil forfeiture law directed at registrants, but it is the accompanying media article is what makes it scary. After reading it, you may want to check out the site "Forfeiture Endangers American Rights" (FEAR).

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/17233798/sex-offenders-could-lose-their-ride-under-proposed-bill

Sex Offenders Could Lose Their Ride Under Proposed Bill

By Adam Ghassemi

3/22/2012

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. – It was a quick stop for lunch Thursday and a chance for five-year-old Kaden Woodard to enjoy the park. His mother, Jennifer Woodard, was always close by knowing she can't risk taking her eyes off her four kids because there are people out to hurt them.

"It's a real concern for me as a parent," Woodard said.

Last fall, Hendersonville Police arrested 42-year-old Keith Barcus, a registered sex offender, rode his bike to a nearby park anyway. He was later charged with a sex offender registry violation.

Now HB3398 would allow investigators to not only arrest offenders, like Barcus, for violating the terms of their release, but also seize their property or vehicles as well.

"People who prey on children look for any way to get into that area," said Sergeant Jim Vaughn with the Hendersonville Police Department.

Vaughn says the idea could be a good deterrent to keep sex offenders away from places they aren't supposed to get near in the first place. "So people won't want to go to the park because they're aware if they go in there and if they get caught they're going to lose that vehicle that got them into the park," he said.

"We're just looking for ways to try to make them understand that they've got to stop hurting our kids," said Representative Debra Maggart, R-Hendersonville, who sponsored the bill.

Maggart says she hopes this will stop repeat offenders. "Sex offenders are usually very clever people. They're very manipulative people and so they're always looking for a way for whatever law we put in place," she went on to say.

That could make parents, like Woodard, feel like their children are a little more safe. "You try to protect your kids at all costs and if there's certain laws that's going to help do that then it makes you feel a little bit better as a parent," she said.

The bill would amend current law to allow law enforcement agencies to seize any personal property used by sex offenders convicted of preying on children. That means anything used to get them to places they aren't supposed to be could be sold to benefit child advocacy centers, court appointed advocates and the child abuse prevention fund.

The bill is still making its way through committee in the Senate. It's scheduled to go before the House next Wednesday.

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Below is the politico responsible for this crap, and the stupid quotes in the article. Feel free to voice your disapproval:

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Rep. Debra Young Maggart

R-Hendersonville
District 45 — Part of Sumner County — Map

district address

112 La Bar Drive
Hendersonville, TN 37075

nashville address

301 6th Avenue North
Suite 103 War Memorial Building
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone (615) 741-3893
Fax (615) 253-0350
rep.debra.maggart@capitol.tn.gov

Nebraska LB 797: The Kissing Crime

Shameful? You bet. Criminal? Not really. I never liked Shawn Michaels.

This bill is rather broad and vague. I wonder if telling whoever wrote this bill to kiss my ass would constitute a sex crime?

http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Intro/LB797.pdf


LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED SECOND LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 797
Introduced by Avery, 28.
Read first time January 05, 2012
Committee: Judiciary
A BILL
1 FOR AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; to amend section 28-318,
2 Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2010; to change
3 the definition of sexual contact to include kissing
4 without consent; and to repeal the original section.

Here is Senator Avery's contact info:

Mailing Address:

Senator Bill Avery
District 28
PO Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509-4604

Phone Number:

(402) 471-2633

Kansas SB 39: Residency Restrictions

Scarecrow: I haven't got a brain... only straw. 
Dorothy: How can you talk if you haven't got a brain? 
Scarecrow: I don't know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don't they? 
Dorothy: Yes, I guess you're right.  --From "The Wizard of Oz"

Dorothy is not the only one not in Kansas anymore. The Kansas legislature is playing the part of the Scarecrow by leaving their brains at home while working to pass a residency restriction law, Kansas SB 39. What makes this law Shiitake worthy is not the law itself, but the story behind it. You see, when Iowa passed the nation's most stringent residency law in 2005, there were so many "unintended" consequences (actually, more like "ignored collateral consequences"), that Kansas not only rejected a residency law, they passed a moratorium against any municipality looking to pass any similar laws. Now after so many years, they forgot all these years of research and is currently trying to pass this law. Never mind the fact it's been stymied a full year now.

It is being pushed by the ALEC special interest group Kansas Rights 4 Kids, and sponsored by Senator Robert Olson.

Kansas Legislative site for the bill: http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/measures/sb39/

Short Title

Sub for SB39 by Committe on Judiciary; creating the classification of "aggravated sex offender" and establishing residency restrictions.

Here is the "sponsor" for this stupid bill

Contact

Capitol Office

Room: 441-E
Seat: 19
Phone: 785-296-7358
Email:Robert.Olson@senate.ks.gov

Home Information

19050 West 161st Street
Olathe, KS 66062
Phone: 913-302-3135

Business Information

Occupation: Contractor
Phone: 913-302-3135

Other Information