Source: Representative Quang Nguyen
STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – Legislation sponsored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman
Quang Nguyen to strengthen monitoring of registered sex offenders was approved today by the House
Judiciary Committee.
House Bill 2413 requires courts to place any registered sex offender who does not have a permanent
address on global positioning system or electronic monitoring until a residence is established. The bill
closes a serious gap in current law by ensuring offenders who cannot be reliably located are continuously
monitored, strengthening accountability and protecting Arizona communities.
Under existing statute, sex offenders without a fixed residence may register as transients and update their
status periodically. HB 2413 corrects that weakness by requiring continuous electronic monitoring and
directing the Department of Public Safety to actively maintain and oversee compliance.
“Public safety in Arizona is not negotiable,” Chairman Nguyen said. “If a registered sex offender
cannot tell authorities where they live, the public should not be left guessing where they are. This
bill puts accountability first and gives law enforcement the tools they need to track offenders who
would otherwise be difficult to locate.”
HB 2413 advances the House Republican Majority Plan’s public safety pillar by enforcing the rule of
law and prioritizing the safety of Arizona families and neighborhoods. House Republicans have made
clear that protecting communities requires firm enforcement, clear standards, and consequences that are
enforced.
Read a PDF of the announcement
[Arizona residents call, email, show up, stand up, and speak up to fight this]
“the public should not be left guessing where they are”
So now we’re referred to as “they.”
“They, them and those people”.
Sounds like a straight-to-video romcom from 2010.
“gives law enforcement the tools they need to track [people]”
How many times have we heard that copy & paste garbage?
Law enforcement does NOT need to “track” people with a sex offense JFK..
And just where are they supposed to charge their gps devices if they are homeless?
These legislators just keep incessantly promoting the lie that People Forced to Register (PFR) are dangerous.
What exactly is the point of requiring homeless registrants to renew every day or week or however long Arizona wants if they’ve got a GPS bracelet on?
And did it ever occur to this legislator that a homeless registrant is also likely jobless and therefore can’t pay for this stupid “service”? And let me guess, inability to pay for a GPS is a new felony.
Idiots.
Registry is not punishment …(Slaps on the ankle monitor)…and you didn’t see that.
Where are homeless supposed to plug in their monitors? Will they have to pay for their monitor as well? Arizona has some dry heat as far as compassion goes. I guess the heat fries the compassion and turns it into vengeance from Hell
This guy should have a monitor for brain activity because I’m sure it’s pretty flat ____ beep
This country’s awful, unconstitutional, cruel laws make PFRs homeless. So then we need to slap a monitor on them because “they” are so scary out there roaming the streets. And when they cannot charge or pay for the monitor, arrest them. Such a clear path back to prison.
In summary: force people to register in person with LE, prohibit them from getting housing, prevent them from getting jobs, make them report travel movements, put “identifiers” on passports and drivers licenses, and monitor with GPS or round them up. Huh, what a lovely free country we live in.
How judges can see this as a simple administrative registration scheme is maddening. They are either stupid or corrupt. Either way they sicken me.
This would likely affect our guy if he’s still homeless in Arizona. I’m sure he left Wisconsin and went back to AZ after he did his plea for ftr in that state, although he was currently registered in AZ. And if he had stayed in WIsconsin, they would’ve thrown the gps on him for life. My advice would be for him to search for another state to be homeless–maybe California or Hawaii. No one wants to be homeless with the worries of charging an ankle bracelet every few hours.
Why are they even bothering? Based upon the recent Supreme Court decision, it’s already unconstitutional, is it not? Ankle bracelets are both punishing and the law would keep them in a state of custody after completion of Probation/Parole/Prison.