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Senate Judiciary Committee approves bill to publish full residential addresses on sex-offender registry
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed House Bill 1004 after debate over public safety and research. Supporters, including the Arkansas Sheriff's Association, said full addresses make the registry more usable; opponents warned of vigilante attacks and urged more peer-reviewed study.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to pass House Bill 1004, a measure that would require publication of full residential addresses for certain registrants on the state's sex-offender registry, after proponents argued the change would make publicly available information more usable for safety purposes.
Representative Ray, who presented the bill, said the measure responds to requests from local law enforcement and parents: "The purpose of the *** offender registry is to provide people with the information that they need, to keep themselves and their loved ones safe." He and supporters told the…
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