Source: newstribune.com 4/25/26
A bill aimed at clarifying Missouri’s sex offender registry law — including when people convicted in other states must register here and when some offenders can ask to come off the list — cleared the House on Tuesday.
The House voted 141-4 to approve the measure. Because amendments were added to the bill, which passed the Senate in March, it must return to the Senate for final approval before it can go to Gov. Mike Kehoe.
Republican state Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman of Arnold, the sponsor of the bill, said the legislation is meant to resolve confusion created by a 2023 Missouri Supreme Court ruling and make the law more consistent for survivors, law enforcement and people required to register.
“We’re not changing what level of crime is on what level of registry,” Coleman said. “It’s just making sure that the divisions are all behaving uniformly, that victims can know what…
Does this mean those of us who are Tier 1 would have a chance to petition for removal again??
I haven’t read the bill, but going by the story I don’t see what confusion it supposedly clears up.
And I admit finding a little amusement at the part where they required that SVPs be housed in “prisons converted for treatment.” First, exactly what do they expect to “convert”? I have yet to see a difference between a prison and a purported “treatment facility.” And second when one of the
inmates“residents” takes them to court, the only proof they’ll offer that it’s not a prison is that they call it a treatment facility, them residents, and the person that runs it a superintendent.