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Committee hears bipartisan, mixed support for lowering seriousness level of failure‑to‑register offenses
Summary
House Bill 2403 would modify failure-to-register provisions and lower the seriousness level for subsequent offenses; the Sentencing Guidelines Commission and defenders supported the change as administrative and rehabilitative, while some prosecutors voiced procedural concerns about discretion and protections for victims.
House Bill 2403, considered in the House Community Safety Committee on Jan. 20, would modify the law governing failure to register as certain offenders and reduce the seriousness level for second and subsequent offenses from level 2 to level 1 in the statutory framework.
Martha Whaling, staff to the committee, told lawmakers the bill…
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