Date: 01/24/2012
On January 23, 2012SB412 was “rolled into” SB127.
See the bullets below on the changes to SB127.
We still oppose this bill and need your help stopping it from getting to the Senate floor to be voted on.
It’s headed to the Senate Committee on Finance.
Please, please email your one Senator and if you like all the Finance members which are below.
Thank you for your support.
Mary Devoy
SB127- Sex offender registry; juvenile registration
Sponsor/Patron – Sen. William Stanley Jr. (R-Moneta)
Co-Sponsor(s) – Sen. Tommy Norment (R-Williamsburg)
Brief Explanation/Summary:
Requires registration on the sex offender registry for juveniles who were over the age of 13 at the time of the offense who were adjudicated delinquent on or after July 1, 2005, of rape, forcible sodomy, or object sexual penetration. Information on juveniles adjudicated delinquent does not have to be made available on the public website.
Read Full Text or Track Status:
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+SB127
Bill Status:
- 01/10/12 – SB127 Introduced
- 01/10/12 – Referred to Senate Courts of Justice Committee
- Companion Bills HB624, SB412
- 01/14/11- The RSOL of Virginia will be opposing this bill
- 01/23/12 – This bill is for a “private” not public registry for juveniles, for life.
- 01/23/12 – The amendment to remove the retroactive application all the way back to July 1, 2005 passed. This would begin on July 1, 2012 now.
- 01/23/12 – The amendment to allow the juveniles to petition to be removed after 10 years failed.
- The Virginia Attorney General’s office spokesperson claims this bill will make Virginia Federal Adam Walsh Act/SORNA compliant. The RSOL of VA pointed out that it would not, that the VSP Troopers would need to increase their home visits from twice a year to four times a year and during the 2011 Virginia Crime Commission study the VSP claimed that would costs millions dollars more every year for the additional hiring of staff and the VSCC voted not to spend that money.
Virginia Senate Panel Endorses 2 Bills Targeting Sex Offenders, January 23, 2012:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-senate-panel-endorses-2-bills-targeting-sex-offenders/2012/01/23/gIQAHFnILQ_story.html
- 01/23/12 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
- 01/23/12 Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104571D-S1
- 01/23/12 Senate: Rereferred to Finance Committee
- 01/24/12 Senate: Incorporates SB412
- 01/24/12 The lifetime requirement for juveniles to register is still not acceptable to the RSOL of Virginia. We also believe the “private” registry would not apply forever. We feel the state would move them over to the public registry at some point. Even on a private registry all the restrictions and regulations that apply to RSO’s today would apply to the juveniles.
