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Daycare notification bill on relatives of registered offenders drawn out and withdrawn after heated debate
Summary
Representative Jim Wooten’s bill would have required daycare providers to notify parents when an employee or an employee’s immediate family member is a registered sex offender and barred such relatives from premises during child‑care hours. Lawmakers split over stigma and unintended employment and housing consequences; the sponsor withdrew the bill for reworking.
Representative Jim Wooten introduced House Bill 10‑98 to require daycare operators to notify parents if an owner, employee or an employee’s immediate family member is a registered sex offender and to bar those relatives from premises while children are present.
Wooten said the measure was crafted to "protect the parents and protect the children," describing a local case that prompted constituent outrage and noting…
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