Bill > A01423

This bill establishes new residency restrictions for sex offenders, prohibiting them from living within one thousand feet of any school building regularly used for instructional purposes, a child day care facility, or a park, with this restriction lasting for at least ten years or the duration of their probation, parole, or post-release supervision. The bill also mandates that the Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), when acknowledging initial registration and in annual correspondence, must inform sex offenders about these residency restrictions, and that courts and supervising officers (probation or parole) must also notify offenders in writing and orally about these rules. Furthermore, the bill introduces criminal sanctions for violations, making it a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a class D felony for subsequent offenses if a sex offender violates these residency requirements, in addition to existing penalties for failing to register or verify their address.