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Committee backs expansion of voyeurism registration to cover felony convictions against adults and minors
Summary
Senate File 122 would require people convicted of felony voyeurism to register on the state's sex‑offender registry regardless of the victim’s age; the Judiciary Committee advanced the bill after testimony from a victim and the attorney general’s victim services division, voting 4–0 with one excused.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to report Senate File 122 to the floor after hearing testimony that the current law inadvertently limited sex‑offender‑registration requirements for felony voyeurism to offenses involving minors.
Senator Cooper, the bill sponsor, said the 2021 statutory update that created a felony voyeurism offense had tied registration to incidents involving minors. The proposed amendment would restore the original intent, the sponsor said, by requiring registration for anyone convicted of felony voyeurism whether the victim was a minor or an adult.
Former Senator Acosta, who helped draft…
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