Day: January 4, 2023

UT: New bill would place certain minors on the Utah sex offender registry

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Source: kslnewsradio.com 1/4/23 SALT LAKE CITY — Utah doesn’t require minors to register or follow sex offender guidelines, but a proposed bill in the 2023 Utah Legislative Session might change that. Utah’s registry, the Sex and Kidnap Offender Registry, currently has around 7,000 registrants, something that H.B. 122  would surely change. KSL’s Legal Analyst Greg Skordas said that Utah’s registry has historically been exclusively for adults, but HB122 would allow for juveniles to be added to the list, depending on the crime. “Certain minors, who commit offenses that would be…

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ACSOL to Lead CA Lobby Day on March 21

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ACSOL will lead the California Lobby Day on March 21 in Sacramento.  The primary focus of Lobby Day is to advocate for changes to the CA Tiered Registry Law that could significantly increase the number of registrants eligible to petition for removal from the registry. More than half of all CA registrants (48,631) have been assigned to Tier 3, the highest tier, which makes them ineligible to petition for removal.  In addition, more than 12,400 registrants have not yet received a tier assignment and are also ineligible to petition for…

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