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Committee advances bill to bar people on sex-offender registry from certain public offices
Summary
A House committee voted to advance HB92 after sponsor Representative Lucas and multiple witnesses described incidents of registered offenders filing for local school or community college seats; the committee adopted an amendment limiting disqualification to people currently on the registry.
Representative Sara Lucas introduced House Bill 92 to prohibit people required to register as sex/offenders from being candidates for, appointed to, or serving in selected public offices, saying a 2024 local race exposed a statutory gap.
Lucas told the committee she filed the bill after a registered offender ran for a community college board in Laramie County in 2024 and public outcry led the candidate to withdraw. "Public office is a position of trust," Lucas said, arguing certain offenses should permanently disqualify some people…
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